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Recently I have noticed both of my web browsers making connections to Google and Amazon after I shut them and clear cache and cookies. So I just tried this with Tor and found a connection to:
54.208.95.143
Amazon Technologies Inc.

Since Tor is set for maximum privacy and with no JavaScript, I am wondering why an outgoing connection is occurring when Tor is closed?

Jon
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During the time when you asked the question the IP address 54.208.95.143 was a Tor relay. The Exonerator service can tell you about the state of the Tor network in the past.

This means it was perfectly OK for your Tor client to initiate a connection to Amazon. Tor had for some time a cloud project where one could spin up a relay at Amazon cloud.

Jens Kubieziel
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