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Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by onion2k on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:36AM (#32565530)
I wonder what is the most effective way of actually completely stopping it phoning home, apart from yanking its ethernet cable?

Use your operating system's firewall app to block all outbound connections from it.

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Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by ttctciyf on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:32AM (#32566392)
I was thinking of blocking its endpoints, except I don't know what they are.

I wasn't aware I could configure firewall rules for specific applications. Any hints where I could start looking at that?

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