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[FEATURE] - Block Settings application telemetry #1067

Closed BobCostanzo closed 3 months ago

BobCostanzo commented 3 months ago

What is your feature request regarding to?

Atlas Playbook

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Right now, Atlas does not block the telemetry call that comes from opening the Settings application. As such, it would be ideal if AtlasOS could block the following call:

settings-win.data.microsoft.com

Describe the solution you would like.

Please block the Settings telemetry. I'm unsure if this can be done as a registry tweak or at least through the hosts file.

Describe alternatives you have considered.

I blocked the endpoint initially through a blocklist as part of NextDNS, but I just added it to my hosts file for now: 127.0.0.1 settings-win.data.microsoft.com

Additional context.

No response

ls-wdiff commented 3 months ago

Shipping by default a modified hosts file can have unintended consequences.

Ast3risk-ops commented 3 months ago

Do you mean these lines from windowsspyblocker? https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/spy.txt#L187-L198

he3als commented 3 months ago

Unless a specific policy can disable this endpoint without breaking functionality, it won't be blocked in Atlas. Also, I want to point out that not all endpoints are telemetry, this one isn't:

The following endpoint is used as a way for apps to dynamically update their configuration. Apps such as System Initiated User Feedback and the Xbox app use it.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/windows-11-endpoints-non-enterprise-editions