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  • Add this? Privacy Badger?
  • oldnpastit
    Full Member

    What’s this new “Add This” icon on every post I’m seeing? Does anyone else get it?

    It claims to be a “Privacy Badger”, whatever that might be.

    It’s a very annoying bright red colour. Can I turn it off?

    cruzcampo
    Free Member

    you have malware by the sounds of it, or have unwittingly installing something.

    edit: look like its an addon for chrome /mozilla, so if you have installed without full consent (cheeky hidden checkbox etc) disable it in extension settings.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Privacy Badger is legitimate from the EFF; unless it’s malware calling itself PB, I’d be surprised if it’s been installed surreptitiously.

    Worth running a malware scan to be sure, but you can probably just ininstall it from Control Panel like any other software.

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    oldnpastit
    Full Member

    Yup, I installed it myself a while ago and then forgot about it.

    Looks like STW has triggered it, though I’m not sure how. I think it means Skynet STW is tracking me.

    cruzcampo
    Free Member

    probably just stopping the STW ads

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