cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1246200/pdf-a-hacker-s-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-ip-history-even-with-vpn-full-we
You can read about it yourself here on page 12 (or page 8 of affidavit), then page 33 and down (page 29 of affidavit)
First one to notice this: Security researcher, VX-Underground.


From what I read over there, dbus is to blame for this one.
Dbus introduced the concept, sure, but it doesnt break your entire system for resetting it, systemd does
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=Reset-Machine-ID&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-RELEASE+and+Ports.quarterly