Harmony Remote outbound connections

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Shocked to see how many requests this device makes to pubnub.com:



Every 5-10 seconds it'll try a connection out, I blocked it via PiHole, and the remote works fine still - if anything, I half expect it'll have a moan when an update is sought.

Edit: these are figures for the last 24 hours btw.

 

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The bulk (at least 90%) is just for my Harmony remote.

All I could find about pubnub is that they work in conjunction with several providers, to manage IoT devices, or at least, that's one thing they do. I can appreciate it might need to 'phone home' every now and then to check for an update or whatnot - but prior to blocking it, the was just as regular; even when the remote was not in use.