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Windows pc calling home (even while asleep) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sleep is no longer what it used to be. They killed off S3 sleep in favor of some always connected mode, much like you cell phone.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I only learned this during the pandemic when i started working from home and my work laptop would wake up at 1am, fans blasting 100%

    Or my laptop would wake up in my backpack during my commute and drain the whole battery...

    I opened a helpdesk ticket and they didnt know why. Their solution was "just turn off your laptop"....

    After doing my owm digging, i realized S3 was gone and windows just does whatever the fuck it wants

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that's only newer hardware that meets specific requirements.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    It got disabled one day on my 8th Gen i7 XPS. It was driving me crazy trying to figure out why it keep cooking it self alive in my backpack. It's since been demoted to house use, sleep is still useless even after many FW updates and fresh os install. That thing used to last weeks on battery just closing the lid. Now it can't make it though the night. I wish I could turn it back on in this case, my new laptop is much better about it.

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