On my Macintosh, I have all programs have to get an “okay” from me, before they “reach out” on the Internet. Some I have pre-approved for certain IP numbers and for certain ports and others, there is no approval, but it comes up and asks me at the time (and I can either okay or cancel it there).
So, you could do something like that. I’m sure y’all got something like that on the Windows platform (if you’ve got Windows, that is)....
WINDOWS! WINDOWS! I have been accused of many things, sir, but running Windows is NOT one of them. 24” iMac.