On 2/10/20 9:24 AM, o1bigtenor wrote: > 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. You are more than likely just pushing this usage to a more active time by trying to stop it in off hours. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Bret Baptist Senior Network Administrator Internet Exposure bbaptist at iexposure.com (612) 676-1946 x117 Check out our blog: www.iexposure.com/blog Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/iexposure Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/iexposure Connect on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/internet-exposure A Digital Agency Since 1995