On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:14 AM Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote: > > Is this just a curiosity thing? or is there a concern that some devices are acting improperly? I know that many devices check for updates overnight -- and this is not limited to just application updates -- but includes some config file updates. Many ONT/cable modems/etc and even cell phones will periodically pull down a new config for things like routes/towers/limits/etc -- but these should be a relatively small 'spike'. In the case of these sorts of connections, your *best* case is that when you come back from airplane mode these updates are fetched quietly -- or in a worse case, not at all. > > This is not so much a curiosity thing as a way to reduce the data slurp by whomever. If I am working on my computer I expect a certain amount of IP back and forth at the time. I do NOT want any outside IP to be connecting when I am NOT active on my equipment. Sorta like - - - 'my house, my rules' except that today the are a number of entities that believe that they own at the very least my data but they really want to own me - - - I refuse that offer categorically and vehemently. Regards