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why does firefox want to accept incoming internet connections

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My firewall is telling me that Firefox wants to accept incoming internet connections, surely firefox internet access should be outgoing only.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== After the latest automatic update

My firewall is telling me that Firefox wants to accept incoming internet connections, surely firefox internet access should be outgoing only. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == After the latest automatic update

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cor-el
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See How to stop Firefox from making automatic connections