Message-ID: <69069451@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Anyone know how this happens Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <10e5o40$1gsnr$5@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 2 Nov 2025 09:14:25 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 48 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76924 Richard Kettlewell wrote: > The Natural Philosopher writes: >> Completely blank firefox - no sites loaded >> >> netstat -an | grep tcp | grep 443 >> >> tcp 0 0 192.168.0.7:51446 34.107.243.93:443 >> ESTABLISHED >> tcp 0 0 192.168.0.7:55090 199.232.57.91:443 >> ESTABLISHED >> tcp 0 0 192.168.0.7:51442 34.120.208.123:443 >> ESTABLISHED >> tcp 0 0 192.168.0.7:48282 142.250.129.95:443 >> TIME_WAIT > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections So this claims to explain the "firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com" connection I get: "Login breach information Firefox Monitor warns you if your online accounts were involved in a known data breach. For more information, see Firefox Password Manager - Alerts for breached websites. To get the latest login breach information and more, Firefox connects to firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com" And it links to this page which describes disabling it: "Turn off website breach alerts Disabling the feature also prevents Firefox from checking to see if you've reused these potentially vulnerable passwords on any of your other saved logins. 1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Settings (select Preferences on older macOS versions).Click the menu button and select Settings. 2. Select the Privacy & Security panel on the left and scroll down to the Logins and PasswordsPasswords section. 3. Deselect the checkbox for Show alerts about passwords for breached websites." But the "Show alerts about passwords for breached web sites" checkbox was already unselected. Yet the connection was still made at start-up! -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#