Why does firefox update itself although the update setting is deactivated ?

I've seen that firefox updates itself although it is deactivated via settins dialog. This happens since i have installed firefox in June 2014 beginning with version 30.x. Now I've firefox 32.0.2.
I'll do updates only when i give the command update manually !
Therefore i ask the question and hope somebody can give an answer an describe this behaviour.

ala '''''Jeopardy'''''
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-mozilla-maintenance-service What is the Mozilla Maintenance Service?]

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