Replies lost me at mention of Socialism, Putin and Rocket man, interest waned further with N Korean hackers, NHS and the US elections. Quite what any of these ramblings had to do with Edge or MacAfee defeats me, but will wander on my merry way and find a different forum.
@Edwin
Thanks, now have profile top left and removed both the profile red dot and read aloud by altering shortcut target to
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --disable-features=msShowSignInIndicator,msShowReadAloudIconInAddressBar