HP printers try to send data back to HP about your devices and what you print

Re:HP printers try to send data back to HP about your device... by vezycash on Monday September 16, 2019 @05:22AM (#20982322)

Automatic blocking doesn't work cos they are constantly coming up with new ways to bypass blocks.

Here's what I use. There's a free tool called Windows Ultimate Tweaker. It'll help with basic settings.

Next, Du Meter - shows network traffic right on taskbar. If I'm not actively using the internet and Du Meter shows 1MB/s, I get suspicious.

Finally BWMeter. I'll say it's little snitch for Windows. It'll alert you any time an application tries to access the internet. You can allow/forbid temporarily or permanently.

They are all light on resources. BWMeter's UI isn't great but it gets the job done.

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Re:HP printers try to send data back to HP about your device... by aj7 on Monday September 16, 2019 @05:32AM (#20982380)

Anyone know Mac equivalents?

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Re:HP printers try to send data back to HP about your device... by marci on Monday September 16, 2019 @06:17AM (#20982611)

Litte Snitch

https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

And Activity Monitor in the Dock (Icon set to Network Access)

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Re:HP printers try to send data back to HP about your device... by pdimitar on Monday September 16, 2019 @12:27PM (#20985727)

iStat Menus will give you amazing insights on your system in the menu bar. It has a rich choice of views.

There's also Little Snitch for network monitoring.

For the rest, haven't researched much.

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Re:HP printers try to send data back to HP about your device... by yantrams on Monday September 16, 2019 @06:22AM (#20982643)

Little Snitch -- https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

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