[tor-bugs] #5816 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Unintentional connections by TBB to Google and Yahoo servers

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#5816: Unintentional connections by TBB to Google and Yahoo servers
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:           
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:5 mikeperry]:
 > Do you also see any fetches for http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url= or
 http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=?
 No. I have only seen fetches for "/favicon.ico" but not for "/rss?url=" or
 "/add?feedurl=".
 > Also, if you remove these urls from browser.contentHandlers.types.0.uri
 and browser.contentHandlers.types.1.uri do the favicon requests stop?
 I removed these URLs now. But as described above, it is difficult to test
 because these connections only occur occasionally on start-up.
 Nevertheless I will focus the network map to check it.

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