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Windows pc calling home (even while asleep) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have a network-wide pi hole and I noticed that it requested activity.windows.com, a url blocked by my pi hole, even while my pc is suspended. I pinged 10.0.0.217 and it is currently unreachable. So, somehow, windows pc’s turn on networking, phones home, and turns off even while suspended.

Creepy behavior

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[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Ain't 10.0.0.217 an private IP?

[-] teegus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Yes that is the local ip of the pc phoning home

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yah. That make sense now. I thought that's what the domain resolved to.

Never used PiHole but Blocky.

[-] jcg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Probably the IP of the device, not the IP resolved through DNS

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

yes, it's for LANs

[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

did you expect it to be a public ip?

this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023

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