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Maybe those web browsers are linked to a online URL database. If any URL is matched in the database, then they will refuse to load the page. But if true, that
by rqs 8y ago
Maybe those web browsers are linked to a online URL database. If any URL is matched in the database, then they will refuse to load the page.
But if true, that also means those web browsers are querying a online database when user is trying to access a URL.
Not a good news no matter how you hold it.
- duxup 8y agoYeah no doubt that would be concerning. Sadly not surprising.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoDoesn't Chrome and Firefox do the same for known malicious websites? IIRC they use hashes and / or a local database of hashes, but I can't be sure. Pretty sure that caused major controversy in its earlier days too.
- 32032141 8y agoIt checks a bloom filter.
- codedokode 8y agoYes, they download a database of forbidden sites from Google (SafeBrowsing) [1] [1] https://safebrowsing.google.com/ https://safebrowsing.google.com/