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Seems all the IDE's supplied by chip makers phone home
brichards42:
I have been evaluating IDE's from Microchip and NXP and while testing I disabled internet access on my computer and also logged any outgoing attempts.
Regardless what options I disable "no anonymous data feedback", no auto updates etc. (I believe the NXP Xpresso IDE even had a checkbox for "work offline") They ALL tried to to access the internet when started.
Particularly bad was MPLABX, it took several minutes to start because it keep trying to phone home and after running, it would try with almost every mouse click.
I currently use ST and STM32CubeMX also tries to connect on startup.
No particular point to this other than data gathering is going on with these systems no matter what the "check boxes" imply you can turn off.
boB:
Might be just looking to see if there are updates ?
Some may have ulterior motives.
boB
brichards42:
--- Quote from: boB on October 08, 2022, 11:55:42 pm ---
Might be just looking to see if there are updates ?
Some may have ulterior motives.
boB
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I selected "do not check for updates" on all the installs.
rdl:
Unless laws are put in place to prevent this kind of behavior it will only get worse. Imagine if you had strangers going in and out your front door just because you built a walkway to the street.
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: rdl on October 09, 2022, 04:30:24 am ---Unless laws are put in place to prevent this kind of behaviour it will only get worse. Imagine if you had strangers going in and out your front door just because you built a walkway to the street.
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The tell tale for me is if the software is windows only. Low hanging fruit.
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