I bought a ROG ally gaming device (basically a windows 11 computer, it’s home page looks exactly like the desktop one on my windows laptop) and a friend asked me if I’m worried that it’s being tracked or that someone can see exactly what I’m doing on it. Is this possible? Am I stupid for not knowing that this was dangerous?

  • ParmenidesDuck@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    If the person you bought it from was frequently banned from certain multiplayer games, its entirely possible that they’ve been hwid/mac banned. If you find out you keep getting banned from multiplayer games with no reason why, this would be why.

    I see it frequently in second hand computer buyers so i figured id warn ya.

    Beyond that, reimage the machine, you don’t know what they’ve done with it, or what they’ve put on it. It’s your own fault if you use it bare as it is and get hacked without imaging.