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Does anyone know why Firefox always phones home to:

    firefox.exe	3588	TCP	pc-name	49172	ec2-35-167-184-4.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com	https	ESTABLISHED	3	667	5	3,334		
I have a tool called TCPView (a Microsoft sysinternals tool) that inspects my traffic. I disabled all the Mozilla telemetry and it still phones home to this server. The connection is encrypted going through port 443. It even appears in different forks of Firefox like Waterfox. Is this unique to me, or does anyone else notice this? My best guess is that it's some sort of telemetry they're collecting. Keep in mind I disabled updates so it's not pinging update servers either. Also: It happens only when I visit a website, and doesn't appear when I start up the browser for the first time. I also have no plugins installed. Since I see some Mozillians in this thread I figured it's the best place to ask!


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