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Re:Setting up a Pi Hole made my home network faster by RachelF on Sunday May 29, 2022 @07:00PM (#31553727)
Microsoft already does this in Windows 8, 10 and 11 with their "telemetry" servers.

The DNS queries for these bypass any of your own DNS settings.

They even bypass host file overrides.

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Re:Setting up a Pi Hole made my home network faster by no_time on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @06:48AM (#31568038)
On the upside, the endpoints are nicely documented by both MS and independent researchers. Also, Windows enforces packet filtering rules on it's own phoning home so a well configured firewall like SimpleWall will be relatively secure from a spying perspective.

https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Cyber-Si...

https://www.henrypp.org/product/simplewall

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