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I disabled any data collection using the GUI some days ago:

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However Firefox still regularly tries to connect to this address incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org, which is apparently blocked by my network.

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Now my question - why does FF try to connect, what is it and how do I stop it?

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[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

I will try to let the connection through and report back if it tries to connect again. Thanks for the advice, it sounds like a good idea.