Spammy-looking domains in default Edge Chromium preferences?

Hello folks!

I noticed a bunch of spammy-looking domains in Edge Chromium's default preferences under the entity_extraction section. For example, go to edge://prefs-internals in the address bar and search for:

singaporelawwatch.sg
singaporelegaladvice.com
danielfooddiary.com
ethz.ch
... etc ...

Anyone else see these domains in their Edge preferences? What is it about?

Thanks!

Edge Chromium 93.0.961.38
Windows 10 21H1 build 19043.1202

I don't use Edge at all, so what is in my version is what came when it installed. I have Singapore also. It must be some default stuff, so I don't think it's anything to worry about.

Bobby Phoenix said:

I don't use Edge at all, so what is in my version is what came when it installed. I have Singapore also. It must be some default stuff, so I don't think it's anything to worry about.

Thanks for checking! I was starting to get a little worried it may just be me after all !

I wonder what the purpose of the various "entity_exctraction" settings are? FWIW, the domains come out clean at VirusTotal but their Alexa rankings suggest they're not widely used. I assume they're popular in their resepective countries but so are many other sites that are not on the list. There also doesn't seem to be a way to edit this list. Just a little weird.

List JSON data preferences and their status.

I found that all browsers have this, it is to list some default websites. Maybe if you got hacked or something that Edge understands how to avoid that? I am not sure, contacting Edge insider support. will foolllwoup

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Hello Everyone,

The urls in the Edge Pref link are the list of websites that work with edge features like the price comparison, so Edge know how to use it.