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Re:Show HN: Rust Library to check your Internet connectivity by OskarS on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:23AM (#20028479)
I doubt it. I think these are for detecting whether or not you're in a "captive portal". I.e. airport wifi that requires you to enter login credentials or something.

But hey, give it a whirl: block detectportal.firefox.com with your hosts file and see what happens.

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Re:Show HN: Rust Library to check your Internet connectivity by baud147258 on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @09:03AM (#20029557)
I gave it a try, I didn't see any difference.
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