Tracking my phone's silent connections

Re:Tracking my phone's silent connections by fisian on Sunday February 24, 2019 @08:50AM (#19238542)

In my home network I use a hosts file to block unwanted tracking. I use a file from this [1] project, which makes it easy to filter out the type of content you don't want.

The nice thing about this is that it blocks requests from any device in my network, especially from those which cannot be configured with a firewall or adblocker.

[1] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

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Re:Tracking my phone's silent connections by chewz on Sunday February 24, 2019 @11:31AM (#19239199)

What's the point? The moment you leave your home network your data would be sent wherever it belongs anyway..

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Re:Tracking my phone's silent connections by callalex on Sunday February 24, 2019 @03:32PM (#19240453)

Under ideal conditions my “smart” tv, internet connected game console, internet connected air filter, etc will never leave my home. At least not u til I get around to documenting them for renters insurance.

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