How does the fingerprinting know the payment method you used to pay for the computer, is that stored somewhere in the operating system? How would they know it was a dead drop also? Genuinely curious.
It's just a precaution for when they eventually breach your OS and dig out the machine's serial number from the BIOS. This will allow them to trace you to the reseller you used. But if you ordered to a dead drop in a random country and paid with a different cryptocurrency network each time THEY gain exactly zero information to profile you.
That, or the game against pervasive web tracking is lost.
This is actually very useful information. I think I know how I’m going to buy my next computer, but I wonder which manufacturers support the drop as a shipping option?
