which pgm is accessing the net?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:43:31 -0800, rikona wrote:
>Still have perhaps 50 pages or so open in several browsers, which
>seems like a likely candidate, but all ads, on-page videos, etc have
>been stopped.

I seriously doubt that pausing a video does stop a flash player from
causing traffic, assuming it's software from Adobe or Google. In my
experiences there's no "stop", let alone an "off" option. I usually see
a "pause" or "play" button only. FWIW at least Firefox re-enables google
crap all the time, see about:config, "safebrowsing" is for "it's safe
that Google can spy you", so it's unlikely that a media player mainly
aimed to show advertising, doesn't do something evil in the background,
even if it doesn't play a video. "Skip ad in n seconds" and be ready
for the next ad our algorithm will assign to you, based on the data
mining our "gratis" services and programs do.