Why is Firefox making these outbound connections? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by glowie@infosec.pub to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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I have all Firefox Data Collection and Use options disabled.

Anyone know what all of these services are doing? I assume they're for auto updates, account sync, and maybe pushing Pocket ads and/or sponsored pins?

Likely, I'll block most, but curious if anyone knew.

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[-] glowie@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

Nice, would also recommend Safing Portmaster for Linux, if you've not tried it yet. A great FOSS tool for managing network connections.

[-] inspxtr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

thanks for the suggestion! will check it out!

this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023

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