> QupZilla
> Startup: multiple connections to filter37.adblockplus.org
> Open preferences - zero packets but when I clicked on "Tabs" section more
packets to filter37.adblockplus.org were sent
Could you retry it with AdBlock disabled? (in the Tools menu)
On a side note, there was an online/offline selection (in File menu) in the
previous version of qupzilla, but it's gone in v2.2.3. This is a backwards
evolution regarding privacy. I have worked around that by having 2 separate
proxy definitions and selecting arbitrarily one of them (easier to do with
"StatusBar Icons" plugin enabled).
Proxy #1 ("online") -> Default to system proxy (direct internet connection)
Proxy #2 ("offline")-> HTTP::localhost:54321 (which doesn't exist, so
internet connection is blocked)
I wonder whether qupzilla would still send outgoing packets (other than DNS
queries) even with a bogus proxy definiton, as it would mean actively and
deliberately going out of its ways to connect to internet - which I wouldn't
consider as benign behavior.
