[tbb-bugs] #31575 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Firefox is phoning home during start-up in Tor Browser based on ESR 68

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#31575: Firefox is phoning home during start-up in Tor Browser based on ESR 68
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-
     Severity:  Normal               |  alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909
Actual Points:                       |  Parent ID:
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 Starting up one can see a bunch of requests going to Mozilla owned
 domains:
 {{{
 https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/monitor/collections/changes/records?collection
 =cfr-fxa&bucket=main
 https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections
 /cfr-fxa?_expected=1562598365297
 https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/buckets/main/collections
 /cfr-fxa/records?_expected=1562598365297&_sort=-last_modified
 https://content-signature-2.cdn.mozilla.net/chains/remote-settings
 .content-signature.mozilla.org-2019-10-02-18-15-08.chain

 https://snippets.cdn.mozilla.net/us-
 west/bundles/bundle_8afc759e26e7da7a6283552f250fdf0a5602f4f3.json
 }}}
 We should figure out what we should do with those requests/underlying
 functionality.

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