https://github.com/cedws/apple-telemetry

Domain blocklists, IP blocklists, Little Snitch .lsrules, and cloaking files for blocking Apple telemetry
https://github.com/cedws/apple-telemetry

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Domain blocklists, IP blocklists, Little Snitch .lsrules, and cloaking files for blocking Apple telemetry

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cedws/apple-telemetry
• Owner: cedws
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-08-19T13:48:59.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-27T10:36:37.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-14T21:29:19.115Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: apple, blocklists, little-snitch, privacy, telemetry
• Language: Python
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• Size: 104 KB
• Stars: 173
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 8
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# apple-telemetry

>**:warning: Looking for maintainers! https://github.com/cedws/apple-telemetry/issues/25**

Domain blocklists, IP blocklists, and cloaking files for domains that Apple devices frequently contact. DNSCloak is an excellent app capable of using these files, but it's a bit of a pain to get the blocklists onto your device. **Services such as updates, App Store, and Apple Pay will probably be blocked by this list.** You can remove entries manually, but this is tedious, so I recommend just temporarily disabling the blocklist when necessary.

Here's a vague [overview of what each domain is for](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210060).

## Why?

Users should have more control over the telemetry sent by their smartphones. Not only that, but I've seen a large improvement to my device's battery life while using these blocklists.

## Usage (iOS)

- Download DNSCloak, or another app capable of using DNS blocklists

- Navigate to [releases](https://github.com/cedws/apple-telemetry/releases)

- Copy the desired blocklist to your clipboard (`cloaking-rules` is recommended)

- Download Textor, or another app capable of saving text to Files

- In Textor, create a new file and paste the blocklist

- Remove domains for services you wish to use (such as Apple Pay)

- Navigate to the DNSCloak settings and select the saved blocklist

## Usage (macOS)

- Add desired hosts to block to `/etc/hosts`

## Notes

* This is not an exhaustive list. There are hundreds of domains contacted on a regular basis by Apple devices, with no consistent naming scheme or obvious purpose. If you want to block all domains, you should use a whitelist.

* Some domains may not be related to Apple. I've had to filter out the domains from my own blacklist log manually. However, some domains such as `weather.com` are contacted by built-in applications (Weather). Entries like these belong in this repository.

## Contribution

If you come across any other domains, please submit a PR! Add the entries to the `blacklist` file then run `make` (you'll also need Python 3 - use the Poetry package manager). It can take a few minutes because it has to make a lot of DNS queries.

## Similar Projects

- https://gitlab.com/intr0/AppleBlock