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

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. What information is in there ?

3. Who gets to see it (ie, is it shared in any way with, let's say, advertisers)

4. Why is it being blocked by my standard Pi Hole list, what threat could it be ?

5. Where do I turn it off if I wish to ?

 

Cheers,

Threlly

  • Threlly's avatar
    Threlly
    Collaborator | Level 8
    5 years ago

    Why can this NOT be turned off.

     

    • AndyBe's avatar
      AndyBe
      Helpful | Level 5
      5 years ago
      The silence speaks for itself. Already moved all my files off of Dropbox and won’t renew my subscription.
      • moebius's avatar
        moebius
        New member | Level 2
        5 years ago

        also joined this thread after finding out telemetry.dropbox.com in the top list of blocked domains, any news on how to opt-out? any news on what kind of information is shared? I'm also from Europe and i believe this could be a GDPR breach, I don't think that the fact that this telemetry is part of the EULA we accepted can supersede the GDPR obligations.

        Can you please clarify and let us know where is the opt-out button?

        thanks

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