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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. 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

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    Threlly
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    So,

    Pi-Hole users, are you still seeing Dropbox siphon off enormous amounts of your personal data to their servers with no option to stop it?

    Are dropbox still refusing to address the issue correctly and to the satisfaction of their paying customers?

    Do we know who Dropbox's GDPR Data Protection Officer is in the U.K/E.U?

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    Threlly
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    Ok Dropbox.

    The solution provided is not correct and not accepted.

    In the current data climate there is no such thing as "anonymised", the collection of this telemetry alongside other metadata bought and sold in the marketplace makes this data totally identifiable.

    The main problem is that we have no ability to control it.
    Dropbox refuse to give us control of data they take from our machines.

    This must stop.

     

    Again, this issue is not resolved.

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