Posted May 05, 2017
The list yes, the number of games that phone home ... maybe not so much. The creator of the list will certainly not be able to test every game available on GOG and additionally it may be hard to detect if a game phones home beyond what is maybe regarded as harmless (looking for updates...).
One could see it as the lower bound.
AB2012: ... I agree it's annoying but which version of Windows are you using? From what I remember "Inbound only block" was true of XP, but from Windows 7 on, the Windows Firewall can whitelist:-
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^ Just throwing ideas out there to make it easier to shut off the net before and after a game if you're having Firewall issues. Thanks for the many useful tips in your post. I will try some. However there is no way I will physically unplug the network cable before I start a game on my computer (too much crawling under a desk involved). Writing batch files that disable/enable network adaptors might be a rather simple solution, but I would definitely prefer a firewall. Will try to learn more about it.
It should be as low amount of hassle as possible but I also want to keep my usage data to myself as much as possible. So a compromise is needed.
One could see it as the lower bound.
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^ Just throwing ideas out there to make it easier to shut off the net before and after a game if you're having Firewall issues.
It should be as low amount of hassle as possible but I also want to keep my usage data to myself as much as possible. So a compromise is needed.
Post edited May 05, 2017 by Trilarion