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I think OP's point is if Ubiquiti decided to roll this up through their networking stack, they could theoretically silently still send the updates through to th

I think OP's point is if Ubiquiti decided to roll this up through their networking stack, they could theoretically silently still send the updates through to their collectors, no matter how many blocks you put in place (assuming you use Ubnt switches/routers/firewalls/APs). This would be easy to discover if you mixed brands, but the point is how would you trust them anymore?

zaroth 7y ago
The entire product line is specifically designed to give you insight into what packets are going where, and the ability to control which ones you let through. You can argue that this should have been opt-in but it’s absurd to say that anyone cannot trivially opt-out. I don’t understand the point of speculating that they are going to break iptables to get crash reporting, other than spreading FUD.
- mtgx 7y ago
  Microsoft broke local search completely on latest Windows 10 updates if you've ever tried to block Cortana. They count this as a non-issue because from their point of view you're not supposed to block Cortana/web search. I've hated this "just block it" mentality around Windows 10 from day one because it was obvious to me it would be a losing game for the user in the long term. You can't fight the software developer forever on this and with each update they send. Eventually if they really want that tracking feature they're going to integrate it into some other core feature that will stop working if you try to disable the tracking.