![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews and ratings help only so much, as they can be faked and sometimes, may not be available. One of the best options is to analyze the code of the extension, but that is hardly something that all Edge users can do. This leads to the following question: what can you do to protect yourself? In other words: there is always the chance that an extension is malicious in nature because of an insufficient vetting process. The two incidents suggest that users need to be very careful when installing extensions from the Microsoft Edge extensions store as Microsoft's protections are as weak as Google's protections on the Chrome Web Store. Raymone Hill, maker of the popular content blocker uBlock Origin, discovered another fake extension in the store that was based on an earlier version of uBlock Origin and manipulated website content to inject content on websites the user visited. Microsoft pulled the fake extensions from its web store and users who installed these in Edge will have them disabled on the next start of the browser automatically. NordVPN, Adguard VPN or The Great Suspender to lure users into installing the extensions. All of these extensions were hosted on the official Microsoft Store they used names of popular services and programs, e.g. It turned out that rogue extensions were responsible for that. According to the information, users of Edge opened support requests when they started to notice that searches were redirected when they used the Microsoft Edge browser. Sites like Techdows published articles on the removal. Microsoft had to remove malicious extensions from its Edge extensions store in May, and it appears that the company had to remove additional extensions this month. The increase seems to have brought along with it the issues that the other popular extension stores face from time to time. Edge users may install Chrome extensions as well next to that. The switch to Chromium pushed the number of available extensions for Microsoft Edge and the Store is now hosting thousands of extensions for the browser. Store inside when not in use" (from opposite sides of a small gold sticker wrapped around cord (likely added -I'm guessing- by the makers?).Microsoft operates its own extensions store as part of Microsoft Store, and things seemed to have taken a turn for the better with the switch to the Chromium base earlier this year.Ĭlassic Microsoft Edge suffered from a lack of available extensions, and while Microsoft tried to explain the low number of extensions for the browser, it was clear that the browser could not compete with Google's or Mozilla's extension stores. ![]() "Outdoor Use Extension Cord Set" and then "Suitable for use with outdoor appliancs. "Indoor/Outdoor Extension Cord" (on the big marketing label with UPC etc, and probably added by sellers) So, if that's the safety they're concerned about, then I should be in the clear.Īs it stands, I ordered a 1ft cord, and it has arrived.īut it has some discrepancies on its own labels. And I'm not careless enough to have cords hanging down where someone could trip over them, anywhere in my place, but especially in the kitchen. They basically regurgitated that same ambiguous spiel, almost word for word. But I still contacted them on Twitter hoping for clarification. It was vaguely warm, not enough to concern me, but enough to let me know to still keep my eye on it for longer runs until I have confidence in it. I haven’t used it enough to really test it out, but I ran it for 2 minutes, 5 minutes, and about 3 10 minute runs one after the other just to get a feel for a new airfryer and whether the cord was getting hot. I may try to find one on Amazon, but haven’t got that far yet. Ideally, he thought I should have a 12 gauge but the shortest length was 50 feet. I asked him about length and he said just don’t loop it on itself, make sure there is some space and airflow around it, and don’t run the airfryer excessively. Ideally, a shorter cord is better, but I needed about 15’ and that’s what they had in stock. So, it would be like if it was plugged into the wall. I asked a guy at Home Depot to help me find one that would work, and he picked out a 14 gauge (“Medium duty”) for me that is good to 1875 Watts and 15 amps, and apparently matches standard wiring in a house. I just had to buy one for my COSORI, it’s 120 V, 1800 Watts, and 15 amps.
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