this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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I think detectportal.firefox.com is used to detect if the current Wi-Fi connection requires the user to log in on a portal page, like the public Wi-Fi at airports or cafés. It redirects you to the log in page. Why would you block that?
Yeah I think so but I didn't care. I blocked them all since I don't have a portal at my house. The point was to block their access to my machine. My trust is at all time low for most of these companies.