I’d suggest the use of Little Snitch. I’ve been using it for years and it’s perfect!
https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html <https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html> Disclaimer: I’m only a happy user! mc > On 23 Feb 2017, at 19:43, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:11 PM, @lbutlr <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Is there an inkjet printer (Brother, Canon, Epson) that can be installed >>> without phoning home? >> >> I have two Brother's. They connect to my LAN, they do not connect to the >> Internet. > > This made me wonder about something... There's really nothing to stop a > piece-of-junk HP printer from sending back any and all kinds of information > over an internet-connected wifi network, right? I mean, the user would have > no way to know that this is going on, or to what extent. You would have to > set up a firewall router between the wifi modem and the internet connection, > and then do some packet-sniffing. Even then, the communications are probably > encrypted. No wonder many of the newer printers have done away with the USB > connection and support wifi only. Scary stuff. > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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