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add note on winregistry kwarg
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ezekg committed Oct 6, 2023
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print(machineid.hashed_id())
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Both `id()` and `hashed_id()` accept a `winregistry: bool` kwarg,
which can be used to disable a registry query on Windows (enabled
by default). Depending on your security posture, disabling the
registry query may help prevent machine fingerprints from
being manually modified by a bad actor.

## Testing

To run tests, invoke `unittest`:
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