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		juloo on Jan 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 85 These requests are used to detect WIFI portals.

account42 on Jan 27, 2021 | [–]

Which many computers never encounter. No excuse to have that on by default.

user3939382 on Jan 27, 2021 | [–]

That's one out of about 6 or 7, which is clear from the request path

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