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Easier than...?
There are dozens of ways to block that traffic, from DNS to firewall rules to just disconnecting entirely.
Easier than messing with the terminal. I remember on windows, you set an "outbound" rule for an .exe and you're done. I tried to do that with firejail, but the firetool doesn't have a spot in the app where it shows what you blocked. You just have to trust it. Unless I'm blind. I looked everywhere in the app and the wizard.
Well there are probably GUI firewall rule apps, but it's be faster just to use a command, since the apps are going to take all the same info anyway. Or you could just disconnect entirely.