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[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 month ago

IIRC am pretty sure they have been doing this for years(since Windows 8).

[-] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There was an MS tool named COFEE for forensic of Windows machines that’s exclusive to national security agencies, which eventually leaked to What.CD like back in 2009. So I’m pretty sure this predates even Windows 8.

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So Windows 7/Vista era they have been doing it

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