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< h1 > Falkon< / h1 >
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Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known as QupZilla.
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< h2 > Spyware Level: < font color = lightgreen > Probably Not Spyware< / font > < / h2 >
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When another contributor tested this browser on Linux, it made < font color = lime > < b > no unsolicited connections.< / b > < / font > When I ran it on Windows, it connected to
a domain unrelated to the homepage (DuckDuckGo). But, i'm not sure what it was for, and it wasn't reproduced on Linux. This browser is probably fine, but
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you should run your own tests and email me about what you found or didn't find.
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< h3 > Phoning Home?< / h3 >
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On the first run of Falkon, using the 32-bit Windows version, it connected to these addresses, even though I was on its homepage, which seems to be
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locally stored because it does not create any requests when I go to it normally. I don't know what these are for.
Maybe it's a form of phoning home? The first IP is for the domain: github.map.fastly.net which seems to be part of a CDN.
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