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> Also note that hashing MAC addresses prevents someone from getting your MAC address by looking at your report, but does not prevent anyone from finding your report if they know your MAC addresses

This is not true because it's hashed on the server side by secret salt.


'Detected' means 'Device is detected, driver is found, but not tested', see https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe#operability


The same situation for any other snap app in the store, e.g. https://snapcraft.io/vlc (see map at the bottom of the page).

As far as I know, Linux is massively used at the state level in Russia, for example, in schools and universities.


VEs are not presented in the database due to hardware identification problem and because people are not so interested in looking for virtual hardware.


If you click on 'Intel Core 2 Duo' then you can find unusual increase in installs of Debian 11 on old macs and macbooks this month. I guess it's temporary.


Try helloSystem and register your experience: https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe/blob/master/INSTALL.BSD....


Try LiveCD on your computer or in a VM and share your experience in the Hello database by https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe/blob/master/INSTALL.BSD....


Do not forget to add your hardware to the Hello database by https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe/blob/master/INSTALL.BSD....


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