But Microsoft adds and changes their domains and IP addresses frequently so we also must update the firewall as frequently. The only effective way to stop Microsoft data piracy is for us all to actively gather all known Microsoft telemetry domains (there are thousands) and block those IP addresses at the router.
Add all the known Microsoft telemetry domains to your HOSTS file (easily searched for), and watch wireshark – connections are still successfully completed, and your data is uploaded, irrespective of your HOSTS file or your wishes. I recommend using wireshark and netstat to prove this. Windows processes rarely use the HOSTS file, instead it uses DNS or direct IP connections, completely bypassing your HOSTS, DNS and firewall settings.
Guys, a reminder, if you’re using a HOSTS file to block Windows 10 spying and data collection, you’re wasting your time. But at this time my uBlockO rules (those registered together with those added together with my own) excellently do the job and haven’t been up to now disturbed by my system-wide HOSTS. Now, if “one can create exceptions to un-break sites broken by overzealous HOSTS file (occurs often with hpHosts et al.)” for a HOSTS file managed by uBlockO (which may indeed appear necessary when some entries in some HOSTS files are indeed overzealous), this requires to avoid having the same entries in a “traditional” system-wide HOSTS file (or to manage two approaches, one system-wide, one for the browser : complicated), and I’d dare not run my system without a system-wide HOSTS (well thought and managed, neither too few nor excessive entries). Conseqently a HOSTS file managed by uBlockO has more than just the name of HOSTS. For instance, it ships with support for additional lists out of the box, features useful tools that let you replace IP addresses or re-order the hosts file, or may auto-flush the DNS cache after updates.īoth hosts manager are well designed however, and it seems that Hosts Block is on a good way to feature parity with (the developer of ‘uBlock Origin’ himself?), I totally ignored that “uBlock Origin will also block all sub-domains of entries in a HOSTS file.” which is absolutely impossible in a system-wide HOSTS file and my assumption was based on that fact. HostsMan is a mature program on the other hand offering several features that Hosts Block does not right now. Functionality wise, features that you expect to be offered by a hosts manager are included in both applications. So how does Hosts Block fare against the established and popular HostsMan? HostsMan does not require the Microsoft. The program indicates whether it can access a hosts file directly in the interface, and the linked hosts file needs to be of the. Up to five hosts files can be added this way by adding the url to the hosts file to the application. There is also an advanced menu that you can use to add custom hosts file.
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