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Threlly's avatar
Threlly
Collaborator | Level 8
6 years ago

Why So Much Telemetry ?

Hi All,   My Pi Hole is blocking an INCREDIBLE amount of DropBox telemetry, even more than Windows telemetry, and by a large margin. So I have a few questions. 1. What is this telemetry for ? 2....
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Walter's avatar
Walter
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
6 years ago

Thanks for the nudge on this one, Gary.

 

I've sent you a ticket to the email address that's associated with your Community's profile so we can investigate further.

 

Whenever you get the chance, please take a look at your inbox and we'll take it from there.

GlynH's avatar
GlynH
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

I'd like to know the answer/outcome to this as well.

 

I installed Pi-hole less than 3 hours ago and so far 208 blocked calls to telemetry.dropbox.com and a further 10 entries since I started this email!

 

It's a bit worrying when it doesn't appear in your own list of recognised domains and you don't seem to know what it is...

 

Thanks & kind regards,

-=Glyn=-

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