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I actually am keeping several computers in my house on Windows 7. A work laptop came pre-installed with 10 and I haven't yet installed Linux on it. I think I'l

I actually am keeping several computers in my house on Windows 7. A work laptop came pre-installed with 10 and I haven't yet installed Linux on it. I think I'll just dump its traffic with no network apps open and see which addresses it calls home on.

microcolonel 10y ago
I found this further down the thread, it might be of interest to you. https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker
- doubleplusgood 10y ago
  Thank you, I'll be researching this further
  - microcolonel 10y ago
    As for my take, I have a little shell script that translates hosts files into unbound configuration files, with always_nxdomain rules for each superdomain. I then use that unbound instance as my DNS.
    - doubleplusgood 10y ago
      I'd use my rpi for this, but it's on the wrong vlan...
- hendersoon 10y ago
  I personally recommend Shutup10. Same function, better UX. https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10