On 05/10/2017 09:01 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Thanks for the information on trackers provided above. If any of those can > answer the OPs question about his serial number then I would be surprised and > it would become a security question.
Given what trackers obtain about one's system, my surprise would be if they didn't have the serial number of every piece of hardware that was ever plugged into one's computer. I've forgotten which CEO of which Social Media company it was that said: "You don't have any privacy. Get over it." A statement that shocked a great many people, but accurately reflects the intrusiveness of corporate sponsored surveillance of individuals, both online and offline. Before somebody says: "Isn't it illegal", the simple answer is no. This type of data has been available for decades. The only difference between today, and 50 years ago, is that it is much easier, and cheaper to purchase today, than it was in 1970. ##### FWIW, some versions of MSO embed the serial number of the computer that the document was first created on, within the document metadata. Typically, this datapoint is not deleted by "metadata deletion tools". So if you have any documents created by MSO backed up, take a look at them. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
