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I haven't used AMD drivers in a while and found that the latest packages have no way of disabling internet access.
I've unticked all the internet based options under preferences (link, notifications, user experience program etc) and didn't see an option about automatically checking for updates during the install procedure which I think it used to give users in the past?
Every time I boot my PC, I get a firewall alert (I use software outbound protection) about RadeonSettings.exe and an outgoing connection. Sometimes it's to a cloud service provider (probably used by AMD) and the other an encrypted connection to google servers. Every time I open the Radeon Settings GUI it also tries to connect to the internet.
I've read online but no one seems to talk about this as I guess modern apps just assume internet access communication is now the norm and have removed options to disable this behaviour. I can easily block it using my software firewall, just thought I'd ask to see if anyone knew how to disable it in case I've missed something?
I've unticked all the internet based options under preferences (link, notifications, user experience program etc) and didn't see an option about automatically checking for updates during the install procedure which I think it used to give users in the past?
Every time I boot my PC, I get a firewall alert (I use software outbound protection) about RadeonSettings.exe and an outgoing connection. Sometimes it's to a cloud service provider (probably used by AMD) and the other an encrypted connection to google servers. Every time I open the Radeon Settings GUI it also tries to connect to the internet.
I've read online but no one seems to talk about this as I guess modern apps just assume internet access communication is now the norm and have removed options to disable this behaviour. I can easily block it using my software firewall, just thought I'd ask to see if anyone knew how to disable it in case I've missed something?