Why So Much Telemetry ?

I read the "fix" script.  No way am I equipped to figure this out.  Is there a plain English version that I can access?  My business is being severely affected by what I think this problem is.

When I try to download the attachment to the dropbox using the chrome extension (in ANY of my gmail accounts), nothing happens.  Everything was seamless and problem-free until a few days ago.

I'm following this thread with interest.

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=-

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.

Hi Walter,

All gone quiet.

Dropbox is still siphoning unknown amounts of data from my PC to an address that Dropbox own but have not added to the list of official addresses.

Even though I have turned off telemetry & metadata being sent back to Dropbox in my settings, this is happening in the background with no control.

I'm based in the UK, so for now, still in the EU. This looks like it circumvents GDPR rules in Europe.

Do you think anybody from DropBox will respond ?

Best,

Gary

The traceroute site interpreted the url as telemetry.v.dropbox.com, so I tried another site.

The final IP, 162.125.19.9, is owned by DropBox.

Hi,

I'm using the Windows 10 desktop app v106.4.368.

I rarely access dropbox in the browser.

Even if I quit the client the DropBox service (DbxSvc) remains active in my task list, as does "DropBox Update 32bit".

Gary

Hi Threlly; welcome to our Community!

I'm not aware of this exact domain and as a matter of fact is not listed within our official domains. Can you let me know some additional information about the device you're seeing this on, such as if you're running the desktop application and/or if you're using a web browser to access a Dropbox account etc.? 

Regarding your last queries, I'd suggest getting in touch with the 3rd party app you mentioned directly as they might have more information. 

In any case, please let me know what you find, Threlly. 

Thanks for the swift response, Lukasz. 

I just sent you an email so we can investigate further. 

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