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Does Artix use a proxy server by default?

I was having network problems with Palemoon (tried to login to Github, discovered that my ostensible location was different - and wrong (correct country, wrong city) - the 2 times I logged in recently, and I had to enter a device ID they sent me both times. Not bad actually for privacy, but for Github I don't really need it. I can send and receive emails without problems. I changed my Github password to be sure). I just discovered that Palemoon was set to "use system proxy settings".

Does using a proxy help an attacker? And why would the country be correct if my system is compromised? rkhunter finds nothing, but it is rather lame. Will provide more info if needed.

Edit: I set Palemoon to "No Proxy", and Github still asks for a device ID. My desktop settings are "Direct internet connection".

Edit: I just installed librewolf from universe, and github still asks me for a device ID. (I have nothing to post there at the moment, it was just a check). I did add the site to librewolf's cookie settings (allow for session).

What is wrong? It is clearly not a palemoon problem.

Edit:
I recreated my firewall according to the archwiki (Simple stateful firewall).
I just found out that /etc/iptables/iptables.rules and /var/lib/iptables/rules-save differ. Is that normal?