(03-22-2021, 04:24 PM)Tondor Wrote: Let's assume I have a current GPU from Nividia. Can the company (or police department) locate it?

(04-16-2021, 02:36 PM)poi$on ivy Wrote:

(03-22-2021, 04:24 PM)Tondor Wrote: Let's assume I have a current GPU from Nividia. Can the company (or police department) locate it?

If you are running windows: yes.

If you are running linux with encrypted luks partition: no.

(04-17-2021, 06:40 PM)Tondor Wrote:

(04-16-2021, 02:36 PM)poi$on ivy Wrote:

(03-22-2021, 04:24 PM)Tondor Wrote: Let's assume I have a current GPU from Nividia. Can the company (or police department) locate it?

If you are running windows: yes.

If you are running linux with encrypted luks partition: no.

That's a good tip. Thank you

(04-18-2021, 02:14 AM)TheMinister Wrote:

(04-17-2021, 06:40 PM)Tondor Wrote:

(04-16-2021, 02:36 PM)poi$on ivy Wrote: If you are running windows: yes.

If you are running linux with encrypted luks partition: no.

That's a good tip. Thank you

windows or linux, if you gonna connect your pc to internet you are exposed anyway. but as mothered said " they would not go through the trouble of tracking a GPU" , but in my opinion that would be ok if you are in other country and that gov probably doesn't care about those things. hence, that Nvidia know your MAC and IP address anyway , no matter from where you downloaded the software, the GPU ID and version still the same, backed with the MAC and IP addresses, and probably the column for "send technical information to the company" is checked by default, that time they know a hell of information about your PC. so the question is : does your GPU means a big deal to them ?

(04-18-2021, 02:20 AM)fritz Wrote:

(04-18-2021, 02:14 AM)TheMinister Wrote:

(04-17-2021, 06:40 PM)Tondor Wrote: That's a good tip. Thank you

windows or linux, if you gonna connect your pc to internet you are exposed anyway. but as mothered said " they would not go through the trouble of tracking a GPU" , but in my opinion that would be ok if you are in other country and that gov probably doesn't care about those things. hence, that Nvidia know your MAC and IP address anyway , no matter from where you downloaded the software, the GPU ID and version still the same, backed with the MAC and IP addresses, and probably the column for "send technical information to the company" is checked by default, that time they know a hell of information about your PC. so the question is : does your GPU means a big deal to them ?

If you don't install any Nvidia software (for example using free drivers on Linux), then there is no reason any process would send your GPU uid online ?!

(04-18-2021, 02:36 AM)Oni Wrote: Didn't you hear they have GPU-sniffing dogs?

(04-18-2021, 02:33 AM)TheMinister Wrote: probably yes. but how can an Nvidia hardware function properly without their main Driver ?

(04-18-2021, 02:52 AM)fritz Wrote:

(04-18-2021, 02:33 AM)TheMinister Wrote: probably yes. but how can an Nvidia hardware function properly without their main Driver ?

With an open source driver https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/
Although it probably won't work as well in most cases..

(04-18-2021, 02:55 AM)TheMinister Wrote:

(04-18-2021, 02:52 AM)fritz Wrote:

(04-18-2021, 02:33 AM)TheMinister Wrote: probably yes. but how can an Nvidia hardware function properly without their main Driver ?

With an open source driver https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/
Although it probably won't work as well in most cases..

i knew it you would say open source haha, thats cool i like open source, it is allways great and we should support it.