I’ve just noticed this folder in my user profile on my Win 10 Pro 1809 laptop:
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I checked other Win 10 installs (1709, 1803) and this is the only one which includes this folder. It’s interesting because I don’t use Edge… except on this one occasion when I had Edge’s ‘first run’ browser speed comparison page open. I forgot Edge was open… so it’s been open on that first initial page for days now.
I have no idea what happened at 6:24 am this morning that prompted Edge into a flurry of action creating an unwanted backup within ‘my’ profile folder. I certainly wasn’t asked if I wanted Edge to create a backup nor informed what data was going to be stored in the backup…
Your privacy is important to us…
And because Windows is personal to you, we give you choices about the personal data we collect and how we use it. (Microsoft Privacy Statement)
I had a look around and came across this security blog which implies the MS Edge development team have no idea what it’s doing.
I just deleted the whole Edge backup folder from my profile as a test… it wasn’t protected at all.
