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It's probably easier to run your own DNS and blacklist the offending domains. There are good blacklists with millions of telemetry domains, e.g. https://github.
by drnick1 6mo ago
It's probably easier to run your own DNS and blacklist the offending domains. There are good blacklists with millions of telemetry domains, e.g. https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists.
- tosti 6mo agoBetter yet, don't allow such spyware crap on your computer.
- 0123456789ABCDE 6mo agopfft, just don't have a computer and you'll be good
- MajorTakeaway 6mo agoSome hobbies are more fun than others.
- rvz 6mo agoThat is the correct way of handling this. Everyone proclaiming a "standard" is just adding to the long list of (unofficial) alternatives.
- dylan604 6mo agoobligatory: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- 0123456789ABCDE 6mo agohow is this relevant?
- wilkystyle 6mo agoNot the person you are replying to, but I had the same thought come to mind. Every library and app seems to have its own way of disabling telemetry. In order for a unified way to actually result in unification, everyone has to sign onto it. Otherwise you now have DO_NOT_TRACK=1 for everyone who respects it in addition to all of the existing ways for everyone who does not respect it.
- 0123456789ABCDE 6mo agoright, thanks
- dylan604 6mo ago"Everyone proclaiming a "standard" is just adding to the long list of "