On Windows there is Glasswire[0] for blocking applications that phone home. Just find the offending process and block it. It's not a perfect solution though as

On Windows there is Glasswire[0] for blocking applications that phone home. Just find the offending process and block it. It's not a perfect solution though as Windows 10/11 has hundreds of things that phone home and blocking them has unintended side effects (things crash randomly if they can't talk to the Internet). [0] https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/