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3. I'm trying to upload a picture to an album on my profile. The image measures 300 x 300 and 37.6 KB. The image file is a JPEG. I am wondering why I have to click on a link to see the image instead of it showing on my profile.

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Hi, there! Unfortunately there is a glitch and so this is why links are appearing rather than the images. It seems to be happening across the site but rest assured, SS's tech support team is looking into it. Thanks for your patience.

Tegz: A temporary work around has been reported as helping, if you convert the jpgs to pngs, they supposedly will show up. Remember you are still limited by file size so this may not be a solution for everyone.
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Hello! I'm getting a message that looks like THIS every time I try to open a new window of SS or click to navigate around all parts of the site. I've tried on two browsers (Chrome & Safari) and the issue arises on both with a variation of a "website is not private" message.

It looks like a way to get around it is to change the address from "https" to "http" or just use a "www." Not sure if anyone else is having a similar issue but alas thought I'd put it on the radar??? thank u ^^
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I'm having a similar issue with the "your connection is not private".

I've just been clicking advanced and proceeding... but perhaps this isn't the best method.
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Similar issue here! If I use http:// rather than https:// it seems to work although it keeps logging me out. However, if I click 'Advanced' and then proceed, the site looks like this for me.
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Having the same problem on both my laptop and phone! I use Microsoft Edge as my main browser on my laptop & Chrome on my phone.


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Similar issue here! If I use http:// rather than https:// it seems to work although it keeps logging me out. However, if I click 'Advanced' and then proceed, the site looks like this for me.
Thanks for that tip! It works
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I've been having the same issue as the above snitchseekers, but I found a way to get on by going to an email of a notification to a reply to my ff. I clicked on the link provided and from there I can navigate everywhere else so far without going advanced. Oh, and thanks for the update, sweetpinkpixie.

So, I made a mistake I can't navigate any of the top places: Home, News, Forums etc, but I can go anywhere from the sites in the left margin.

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Chrome will not let me see the site properly even if I go advanced, but using internet explorer worked once I clicked that i was okay with my computer getting eaten by a virus or whatever scary message it was. Lol.
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I keep getting this message. This happens way after two minutes from submitting. I don’t even know what token they are talking about! -

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This is a user error more so than a technical error, so don't worry about site picking on you

What this means is that you either closed your laptop between posting (if on your laptop), left your browser idle for too long, or were logged out of your Snitchseeker account (because of becoming idle) and logged back in in another tab.
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Thanks! I was actually on my iPhone at the time, so it could have been that, too.
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I'm having issues where I click on things that should bring me to the first unread post in a thread or other areas of SS but instead I get redirected to other websites that look really sketchy and not very SS friendly (for example, one page directed me to a 18+ rated game).

Here are some screenshot examples of the sites I am being redirected to from SS: 1, 2

I have not yet figured out if this is only on specific pages or if it is every time I click on anything on site, but it is significantly impeding my ability to view anything on SS and I am concerned about getting viruses from the weird sites.
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I'm having issues where I click on things that should bring me to the first unread post in a thread or other areas of SS but instead I get redirected to other websites that look really sketchy and not very SS friendly (for example, one page directed me to a 18+ rated game).

Here are some screenshot examples of the sites I am being redirected to from SS: 1, 2

I have not yet figured out if this is only on specific pages or if it is every time I click on anything on site, but it is significantly impeding my ability to view anything on SS and I am concerned about getting viruses from the weird sites.
I have this problem too! It happens to me regardless of whether I am logged in or not, and always when I am looking at SS on a cell phone browser. I use Google Chrome on an Android phone.

These popups do NOT get to me on a laptop with Google chrome browser, and Ad Block Plus enabled. But it ruins my phone browsing experience.
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I'm having issues where I click on things that should bring me to the first unread post in a thread or other areas of SS but instead I get redirected to other websites that look really sketchy and not very SS friendly (for example, one page directed me to a 18+ rated game).

Here are some screenshot examples of the sites I am being redirected to from SS: 1, 2

I have not yet figured out if this is only on specific pages or if it is every time I click on anything on site, but it is significantly impeding my ability to view anything on SS and I am concerned about getting viruses from the weird sites.
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I have this problem too! It happens to me regardless of whether I am logged in or not, and always when I am looking at SS on a cell phone browser. I use Google Chrome on an Android phone.

These popups do NOT get to me on a laptop with Google chrome browser, and Ad Block Plus enabled. But it ruins my phone browsing experience.

^^^ The same thing has been happening to me, too, for the last 2-3 days when I’m on my iPhone using the Safari browser. I’m in the US. For me, the frequency seems to be about 50% of the time I click a link to take me somewhere else onsite, a new window pops up with some kind of spam advertisement. The one that came up on this page proclaimed, “A hacker is tracking you!”

I haven’t had it happen on a PC either; on there, I use Chrome with an ad-blocker.
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^Same problem as those three, only it is on my computer and isn't on my phone (US too).

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I have this problem too! It happens to me regardless of whether I am logged in or not, and always when I am looking at SS on a cell phone browser. I use Google Chrome on an Android phone.

These popups do NOT get to me on a laptop with Google chrome browser, and Ad Block Plus enabled. But it ruins my phone browsing experience.
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^^^ The same thing has been happening to me, too, for the last 2-3 days when I’m on my iPhone using the Safari browser. I’m in the US. For me, the frequency seems to be about 50% of the time I click a link to take me somewhere else onsite, a new window pops up with some kind of spam advertisement. The one that came up on this page proclaimed, “A hacker is tracking you!”

I haven’t had it happen on a PC either; on there, I use Chrome with an ad-blocker.
Mine has been happening on a PC in Chrome.
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^^^ The same thing has been happening to me, too, for the last 2-3 days when I’m on my iPhone using the Safari browser. I’m in the US. For me, the frequency seems to be about 50% of the time I click a link to take me somewhere else onsite, a new window pops up with some kind of spam advertisement. The one that came up on this page proclaimed, “A hacker is tracking you!”

I haven’t had it happen on a PC either; on there, I use Chrome with an ad-blocker.
Same here. I've only noticed it on my phone (iPhone using Safari), when I was looking at the Rose Garden thread last night on my break at work. I haven't noticed it happening on my PC, or my Kindle (which I'm currently using to post this)
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*adds to this issue* I'm outside the US, so it's a global problem I think. It mostly happens when I'm on my phone (logged in and through Chrome), but also on my PC through Chrome's incognito mode (not logged in and sans adblocker).
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damn ok - is there any particular pages you guys are noticing this on? is it the homepage, the forums, and what devices are you seeing them on? if we know what and where this stuff is being found we can target the issue.

UPDATE: we're going to have a malware scan conducted on the site to eradicate this issue, stay tuned. sorry about the problem!

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^ im also having the same issue. To answer your question, it doesn't have a specific place/area in SS that random sites pop up (for me). It's very random- Like just now i'm on my phone and when i clicked this box to write a reply, there was a pop up.

Thank you for looking into it.
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UPDATE: our security team has cleaned out the issue. if you see anything else suspicious please leave a comment here and DM me as soon as you see it. thanks!
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I did send a PM about this but I thought it would be best to mention it here as well. When I click on for example a new page on a thread, someone's profile or I scroll down, I get a pop-up (more a new tab opens up with a Spam site). It seems to be the same issue that's been plaguing the site recently.
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I did send a PM about this but I thought it would be best to mention it here as well. When I click on for example a new page on a thread, someone's profile or I scroll down, I get a pop-up (more a new tab opens up with a Spam site). It seems to be the same issue that's been plaguing the site recently.
Have you cleared your cache? Even your phones history? As soon as I got all of it cleaned up both mac and phone, it's cleared up just fine. Maybe give that a try if you haven't.
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