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How to Disable Telemetry Across Windows and Popular Applications (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by tatoko556@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Are there any open-source tools that allow me to disable telemetry for Adobe, Windows, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AMD, GitHub Desktop, Docker Desktop, VS Code, and other applications? How can I disable telemetry and enhance my overall Windows experience?

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[–] tatoko556@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

at the network level in your house, having a DNS block level service is great. Pihole and adguard come to mind. This solution is more involved and requires more time to setup, but has tremendous benefits not only on windows telemetry, but overall network telemetry

Are there any on-device tools you could recommend? My laptop won’t always be connected to my home Wi-Fi, and some telemetry could still occur when it’s connected to other networks without my DNS configuration.

Do keep in mind is certainly possible for the system in places to use hardcoded DNS and ignore your options (at network level, you can always force to reroute to your local DNS. The case of DoH is a bit more tricky)

Thank you. I’m concerned that if the IP addresses of their servers change and the traffic blocker doesn’t update in time, some information from my device could still be transmitted. For the reasons you have listed and changing IP addresses of their servers , I have some doubts about relying on traffic blockers alone.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The best is Portmaster, it monitors individually all traffic from installed apps and even the one form the OS itself, with the option to block what you don't like, DNScrypt with a big filterlist and optional an (paid) SPN service (VPN which allowed to use different servers depending on the website). IMHO better and easier to handle as Pi-Hole, which don't permit individual per app settings.

[–] tatoko556@reddthat.com 1 points 4 days ago

Thank you. I'm currently using Simplewall, but I will try to switch to Portmaster