<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Tracking on HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]</title><link>https://hackingpassion.com/tags/tracking/</link><description>Recent content in Tracking on HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:29:27 +0200</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackingpassion.com/tags/tracking/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Windows Hands Your Name to the Police Through One Hidden Number</title><link>https://hackingpassion.com/windows-gdid-tracking/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:29:27 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://hackingpassion.com/windows-gdid-tracking/</guid><description>&lt;p>You are &lt;strong>completely anonymous&lt;/strong> and think no one can trace you. But Windows put a &lt;strong>permanent number on your machine&lt;/strong>, it never turns off, and that number is where the police start when they want your name. That is exactly &lt;strong>how the FBI&lt;/strong> just caught a 19-year-old hacker who thought he had &lt;strong>covered every track&lt;/strong>.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>On July 1, US prosecutors in Chicago made their case public against a 19-year-old named &lt;strong>Peter Stokes&lt;/strong>, who holds both a US and an Estonian passport. They say he runs with &lt;strong>Scattered Spider&lt;/strong>, one of the biggest crews in cybercrime, the kind that breaks into companies and then demands money to leave them alone. He has not been found guilty of anything, and under the law he stays &lt;strong>innocent until a court says otherwise&lt;/strong>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Your Smart TV is spying on you, and most people don't know. But YOU will!</title><link>https://hackingpassion.com/smart-tv-spying-acr-tracking/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:00:15 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://hackingpassion.com/smart-tv-spying-acr-tracking/</guid><description>&lt;p>Nearly every modern Smart TV has ACR technology. You&amp;rsquo;ve probably never heard of it. (Most people haven&amp;rsquo;t. Stick with me&amp;hellip;) It&amp;rsquo;s there. On almost every Smart TV. And it&amp;rsquo;s tracking everything on your screen.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Not just Netflix. Not just YouTube. EVERYTHING.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>→ Playing PlayStation? Tracked.
→ Watching cable TV? Tracked.
→ Using Chromecast or Fire Stick? Tracked.
→ Private security camera footage? Tracked.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>If it appears on your screen, your TV is watching it, recording it, and sending that data somewhere else.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>