[TOR] what is tor.defcon.org and why is my browser connecting to it everytime I start it
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[TOR] what is tor.defcon.org and why is my browser connecting to it everytime I start it

On a linux machine I ran lsof -i while running tor just cuz; and I saw this plaintext URL that tor connected to, It persists even after i restart it or change identity, it is probably harmless but still is there some kind of event going on?

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tor.defcon.org is considered a guard node, and your browser likely chose to prefer that one to bootstrap itself.

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