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even if you're using firefox, it uses Google safebrowsing to check URLs you're visiting -- even sending your URL data to Google. The other corporations are onl
by propogandist 8y ago
even if you're using firefox, it uses Google safebrowsing to check URLs you're visiting -- even sending your URL data to Google.
The other corporations are only fighting small battles, but you can't compete with free, which is how Google gains its foothold.
- jefftk 8y ago> even sending your URL data to Google "Each site you visit is checked against the Safe Browsing list on your system. If there's a match, your browser sends Google a hashed, partial copy of the site’s URL so that Google can send more information to your browser. Google cannot determine the real URL from this information." -- https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/privacy/#safe-browsing-practices https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/privacy/#safe-browsing... There's no way Firefox would be ok with sending all their user's visited URLs to Google. (Disclosure: I work at Google)
- OJFord 8y ago+1 just for getting 'disclosure' right...
- karussell 8y agoIf it is a hash it could still see if a certain website was visited. Is this right? How do I disable this in Firefox? Is this the section about "Content Blocking"?
- jefftk 8y agoFirefox docs are on https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing and offer a range of config knobs.