├─firefox-bin─┬─2*[Isolated Web Co───17*[{Isolated Web Co}]]
       │             ├─Privileged Cont───18*[{Privileged Cont}]
       │             ├─Socket Process───6*[{Socket Process}]
       │             ├─Utility Process───4*[{Utility Process}]
       │             ├─3*[Web Content───14*[{Web Content}]]
       │             ├─WebExtensions───16*[{WebExtensions}]
       │             ├─file:// Content───19*[{file:// Content}]
       │             └─76*[{firefox-bin}]

1st) what are those processes about?
2nd) how can they be stopped?
3rd) can you point me to "prior art" regarding technical people wondering about §1 et §2?

lbrtchx: firefox's pstree ...

while using: $ ./firefox --version Mozilla Firefox 132.0.1 on: $ uname -a Linux debian 5.10.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.140-1 (2022-09-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux I have been noticing a number of processes started by firefox regardless of the pages I browse to, even if I am connected to the Internet, which has made wonder of my firefox installation/settings has adquire a mind of its own: $ sudo pstree systemd─┬─5.10.0-18-amd64───logger ... ├─firefox-bin─┬─2*[Isolated Web Co───17*[{Isolated Web Co}]] │ ├─Privileged Cont───18*[{Privileged Cont}] │ ├─Socket Process───6*[{Socket Process}] │ ├─Utility Process───4*[{Utility Process}] │ ├─3*[Web Content───14*[{Web Content}]] │ ├─WebExtensions───16*[{WebExtensions}] │ ├─file:// Content───19*[{file:// Content}] │ └─76*[{firefox-bin}] 1st) what are those processes about? 2nd) how can they be stopped? 3rd) can you point me to "prior art" regarding technical people wondering about §1 et §2? $ date Tue 12 Nov 2024 09:37:12 AM CST lbrtchx: firefox's pstree ...