Does OGS connect to "disconnect.me?"

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#1

For the last week or so, when I log on to OGS, my browser tries to establish a connection in the background to “goldenticket.disconnect.me,” which is blacklisted on my network. It does not cause a problem in the functionality of OGS, just a popup from my internet filter saying that the connection was blocked.

Is the connection to “disconnect.me” due to a new feature of the site? I don’t think that this is caused by any of my browser extensions because OGS is the only site where I have the issue. Has anybody else seen something similar?

#2

No we do not I’m not sure why this would happen… maybe check browser extensions or possible malware that might have gotten installed?

#3

Okay thanks. I will look elsewhere for the solution. Correlation does not imply causation, I suppose.

#4

disconnect.me is an extension for firefox and chrome that attempts to remove things like facebook like buttons, and in general social media connection / tracking “stuff”. It’s most definitely nothing we are doing, that is an extension you have installed.

(It’s also not considered malware I don’t think, at least I hope not, I have it installed over here too :))

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