Even with "Use Internet" set to "No" Logos still connects to two internet addresses on the internet.

Why? That is VERY DECEIVING , because setting this parameter to No implies no Internet usage is taking place.

Why are you tracking us using DESKTOP app on our PCs that is supposed to be in OFFLINE mode Logos?

Can you GIVE us TRULLY OFFLINE option where we can just download new content and load into Logos MANUALLY without having ANY of OUR data in the cloud or in the internet? PLEASE!!!!!! PLEASE PLEAE. I dont want web access from web logod. I dont want my notes synchronized. I dont want any connection out to the internet. All I want is powerful study software that can work FULLY offline and fast (ever since you went into this cloud / AI business my Logos app is very slow). PLEASE!

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KeenUser

I don't think you can get away from the internet with Logos. They verify whether you have a licence for the resources and features you are using by connecting you to the internet.

If you switch the internet setting to "off", it will simply not update the app or download books, etc.

As far as I know, all the notes you make in Logos are synced online, you can't use Logos notes if you don't want it to be uploaded to the cloud…

Andel Roncesvalles

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1389900#Comment_1389900

I appreciate this but there are many ways to validate license when offline (example key/pair validation, certificates, product keys, etc etc). I realize many mainstream software requires online connectivity but there must be room for those who cannot / down want to have their Windows appication connected to the internet.

Also the setting is misleading as saying No to Use Internet imples Internet is not used. At least provide warining or notification connectivity is still taking place. Do not deceive people.

MJ. Smith

I'm not sure what you mean in that checking your licenses to download new content manually requires a two-way internet connection. Generally, there is not a sufficient market to justify the cost of maintaining alternatives. However, the cloud features and AI should not be causing Logos to run slowly. Can you give some examples of features that are slow together with the specs for your system?

Andel Roncesvalles

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1389902#Comment_1389902

I have PC with Core i7 11370H processor with 32 GB ram and m.2 ssd with RTX 3050Ti GPU . When i navigate through book and have couple linked books in the same set there is a 2-3 second lag when the other books catch up.

I am very often using it when not connected to Wifi because of location coverage issues.

I run other offline desktop software which is snappy on it, as long as it does not use internet.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

I investigated this problem and noted that LogosCEF does make two requests, one to accounts.google.com and one to update.googleapis.com. These are not "tracking requests" because they don't contain any personal information. LogosCEF is the "Chromium Embedded Framework", a version of the Chrome browser, and it appears that it's checking for updates. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense because LogosCEF can't ever get updates from Google (because it's bundled as part of Logos Desktop). I'll make a note of this and see if there's a way we can disable Internet access from LogosCEF.

The request being made by Logos.exe at startup is a bug that we will fix in an upcoming release; thanks for reporting it.