They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

the way stark stans demonize other characters just to justify tony is insane. they bring up stark where it’s completely irrelevant,It’s exhausting-

STOP IT PLEASE, it’s disgusting.

saw that tony stans are unhappy that the scene «take a knee» was cut, and they keep saying it should have been kept. poor tony..

honestly, I'm glad they cut it. tony already got the biggest, most emotional funeral in MCU. natasha died for the soul stone and didn't even get a proper funeral. vision died…twice.

forcing the entire universe to literally bow down to tony stark on screen is just excessive and disrespectful to everyone else who sacrificed their lives.

tony stans twist the siberia fight to make stark a helpless victim, completely ignoring that he was trying to kill innocent.

imoften hear tony fans say–«two super soldiers jumped on orphan»

–BRO,WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING??

It’s hilarious because they completely ignore that stark is a 46-year-old billionaire in a weaponized iron tank who literally attacked first. oh,right, I forgot.. tony has PTSD, so he’s automatically excused from everything!! …never said that other avengers also have PTSD–but no one excuses them.

( maybe stark just go to therapy to get rid of his problems )

there are a ridiculous number of fanfics which contain all sorts of nonsense. A LOT OF THEM. they twist the story into «tony stark is always right» by demonizing other characters. the fics are filled with tropes where tony either single-handedly ruins Team cap or they are forced to «face the consequences» in the most exaggerated, ridiculous ways. whitewash stark into a completely innocent saint who can do no wrong.…ugh..

tony stans only make it worse, I'm not a big fan of stark fan anyway.

«I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them. And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability»

All he cares about is that Americans are dying. What about the other innocents????

–«Oh, that's Charles Spencer, by the way. He's a great kid. Computer engineering degree, 3.6 GPA. Had a floor-level gig, an intel plan for the fall. But first he wanted to put a few miles on his soul before he parked it behind a desk. See the world, maybe be of service. Charlie didn't wanna go to Vegas or Fort Lauderdale, which is what I would do. He didn't go to Paris or Amsterdam, which sounds fun. He decided to spend his summer building sustainable housing for the poor. Guess where: Sokovia»

Dude i'm a hater of course I'm gonna talk about the worst things the character i hate has ever done. That's what haters do????

Mainly cuz I just don't like the mcu, period for it's favoritism of that fuckass billionaire, the fact that it's military propaganda, and a lot of the just plain bad writing choices in it.

But even if I did like the mcu, I'd still be tired and fatigued from whole much it's overtaken marvel media outisde comics as a whole. "Marvel movies" now just means mcu movies, even when theur are plenty if non-mcu marvel movies out there.

And don't get me started on how much many modern marvel series try to emulate or be a part of the mcu somehow.

I have some opinions about Tony Stark following a 15 year old Peter Parker into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him, blackmailing him, and then telling him to keep their interactions secret from his guardian, all so he can force said 15 year to another country to work for him.

But I think I might get publicly hanged for it.

Also for those of you who want to claim Tony was oh-so-kind to Peter during the ten minute interactions they had in Homecoming, after Tony abandoned him for months…

There are a lot of misconceptions about what human trafficking is. The most common form is labor trafficking, people taking (often willing or semi-willing) people in tight spots to a place to work (often for little pay). The reason I say willing is because many victims of human trafficking want to work, agree to be transported for work, and then end up in that place with no way to escape.

destruction of NYC - you mean when the aliens invaded. the Fucking Aliens from Outer Space. who were brought by SHIELD's tinkering with the Tesseract. not the avengers. you're saying the shitty ragtag group of idiots brought together last minute was somehow able to save your damn city (who the world security council wanted to NUKE TO OBLIVION - killing thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians!!) and you're like "oh my god look at the collateral damage, what will we do?" say THANK YOU? that you're NOT under CHITAURI RULE??? jesus christ.

THE RUBBLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POTOMAC IS YOUR SECOND POINT ARE YOU SERI. i need to calm down. you're saying that the avengers need to be Controlled and Regulated and Put on A Leash because, and get this, captain fucking america and his friends took down HYDRA infested SHIELD (you know, NAZIS?? IN YOUR GOVERMENT??? but america never gaf abt that ik) and instead of millions of innocent people getting shot in the head by a fucking trio of government approved drones from the SKY like we're in a fucking 2000's dystopian novel the metal junks are lying at the bottom of a river and not up there controlling the world - you're saying the avengers need to be regulated? not your dumb fuck of an intelligence agency? not your shitty ass government that thought an AI picking and choosing 'dangerous' people to kill was a 'great' and 'normal' sacrifice for "WORLD PEACE". get real.