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Windows pc calling home (even while asleep)(lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I have a network-wide pi hole and I noticed that it requested activity.windows.com, a url blocked by my pi hole, even while my pc is suspended. I pinged 10.0.0.217 and it is currently unreachable. So, somehow, windows pc’s turn on networking, phones home, and turns off even while suspended.

Creepy behavior

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aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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The thing is, the device was in suspend for a couple days now.

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FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org
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Then just shut it down lol. It’s gonna ping windows microsoft domains unless it’s actually off.

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Strykker@programming.dev
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Modern sleep modes are internet connected, with the intent to allow systems to perform updates while sleeping.

I don’t like it but that’s how it’s designed to work.

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voxel@sopuli.xyz
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aka S0 sleep/Modern Standby.
It has some legitimate benefits like returning from sleep immediately. Kinda want it on linux but without all the telemetry crap (but it’s really, really hard to pull of at an OS level)

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gornius@lemmy.world
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Holy crap. What are you going to do with these 2 seconds saved?

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