Wait, what. Windows 10 sends info on USB devices plugged in directly to Microsoft?
And it does that using pure HTTP?
https://pastebin.com/ttYp5rLg
You gotta be kidding me.
@rysiek
Simple fix, block the address your machine is connecting to on your router. Boom no more "Telemetry" to that address.
@taek sure. How does that affect updates? Are the IP addresses the same? Will it potentially fsck with automatic updates?..
This is not a solution.
@rysiek
Well, it shouldn't affect updates or IP addresses at all, since you're blocking the hostname not the IP address.
@taek ah, ok. Well, that requires DPI on the router, though.
@rysiek
pfSense and Untangle shouldn't have a problem doing it. If you have a SOHO (cheap wifi/router/switch combo), it probably wont do it. Some do though.
@rysiek
That's a very good question, the answer is, I don't freakin know, could be thousands!
@taek yeah, question is how many other hostnames do I have to block to stop leaking this kind of info.
Ugh, or I could move people off of Windows. Fun fact, slowly this is happening.