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Does DxDiag contain any harmful information?

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DXDiag is often used as a quick yet reliable manner to find out your entire hardware, monitor and OS is setup like... like a small full diagnostic.

 

They are probably just interested in knowing your computer capacity/configuration, whether or not that's privacy violation stuff it's up to you

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Hi

 

Earlier today I applied for a remote job at a tech/gaming company and they asked for a DxDiag as part of the applying process. They also asked for a screenshot of a speedtest to a server in their country so it all sounded legit but now I'm wondering if I haven't disclosed some potentially harmful information. As far as I can see the only potentially critical info would be like my MAC address and motherboard number but other than that I don't see much to worry about but do you think that it was a bad idea? I mean it's one of these job posts where the name of the company isn't revealed but you on the other hand have to tell everything about yourself.... Let me know your thoughts.

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DXDiag is often used as a quick yet reliable manner to find out your entire hardware, monitor and OS is setup like... like a small full diagnostic.

 

They are probably just interested in knowing your computer capacity/configuration, whether or not that's privacy violation stuff it's up to you

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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8 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

DXDiag is often used as a quick yet reliable manner to find out your entire hardware, monitor and OS is setup like... like a small full diagnostic.

 

They are probably just interested in knowing your computer capacity/configuration, whether or not that's privacy violation stuff it's up to you

Cool I really don't care as long as it can't be used to hack my computer or anything like that. Worst case scenario they'll just find out that I'm running a non-activated version of Windows.

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Just now, IAmAndre said:

Cool I really don't care as long as it can't be used to hack my computer or anything like that. Worst case scenario they'll just find out that I'm running a non-activated version of Windows.

They can not realistically hack you thanks to DXD information.

 

About windows, running it not activated is not an issue and often the way advised t those who want free Windows experience, if you mean it's "cracked" then DXD also won't show anything to suggest that, you need a different approach to determine it.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

They can not realistically hack you thanks to DXD information.

 

About windows, running it not activated is not an issue and often the way advised t those who want free Windows experience, if you mean it's "cracked" then DXD also won't show anything to suggest that, you need a different approach to determine it.

Good to know. It's not cracked though, just unactivated.

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