Apologies if this has been posted before, but i've just installed the 'photobucket hotlink fix' addon in chrome and i can now view everyone's photos again. Thought i'd share incase others hadn't found this workaround yet.
Photobucket Fix
#1
Posted 07 February 2018 - 09:09 PM
#2
Posted 07 February 2018 - 09:51 PM
Yes been using it for a while now and can see pictures on every forum I'm on, pity it only works on Chrome.
#3
Posted 08 February 2018 - 02:26 PM
Interesting,
Wonder if it's likely to sat on by Photobucket - or is it redirecting to copies on Google's servers?
#4
Posted 08 February 2018 - 02:31 PM
The pictures come up instantly so what ever it is it's quick.
#5
Posted 08 February 2018 - 07:49 PM
Interesting,
Wonder if it's likely to sat on by Photobucket - or is it redirecting to copies on Google's servers?
it must rely on some sort of Google cache I reckon. Either way I am happy.
#6
Posted 11 February 2018 - 05:49 PM
I've actually looked in to this extension to help out GraemeC just recently.
The extension should be considered malicious, it will forward all the web addresses you visit over http to the extension authors web server, this compromises your security and privacy. Additionally it rewrites things like Amazon referral links so the extension author gets paid instead of the actual referrer.
I would strongly recommend you all remove the extension.
#7
Posted 11 February 2018 - 06:11 PM
Done. Too good to be true I guess
#8
Posted 11 February 2018 - 09:19 PM
I'm afraid so. I've reported the extension to the Chrome store and I'm hoping it'll be removed when they review it.
Just so people are aware as well, the extension operates whether it's enabled in Chrome or not, you must remove it.
#9
Posted 11 February 2018 - 09:21 PM
Strangely my PC seems to have gotten a lot quicker since I removed the add on
#10
Posted 11 February 2018 - 09:34 PM
That's another thing, it causes the browser to block the rest of the page loading until the authors domain responds to the request it sent with the URL you're accessing. If his server is slow to respond, so is your browsing.
#11
Posted 11 February 2018 - 09:41 PM
Thanks Adam - lesson learned
#12
Posted 25 March 2018 - 05:49 PM
https://chrome.googl...ngiikdkpmcpkaon
this one claims not to collect data. Maybe it's of some use?
Haven't been able to check it out yet, so use at own risk!
#13
Posted 28 March 2018 - 12:47 AM
https://chrome.googl...ngiikdkpmcpkaon
this one claims not to collect data. Maybe it's of some use?
Haven't been able to check it out yet, so use at own risk!
It's closed source, I wouldn't touch it.
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