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When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URL

When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URLs). I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message. Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS

josteink 6y ago
> I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message The best way to avoid having Google interfere with your browsing is to use a non-Google browser.
psychoslave 6y ago
Stop using Chrome? :D
- pcthrowaway 6y ago
  I wasn't referring to me whitelisting sites, the tooltip wasn't an issue for me. But for legitimate communities building honest software (or any honest product, really), it can be harmful to have potential users/contributors being scared off by a message like this. At the very least, it can make visitors question the legitimacy of the product. Since ReactOS has been around for decades at this point, it seems as if they're suffering a penalty for not being as popular as ReactJS, which is kind of bullshit, if there's no way for ReactOS (and other legitimate companies which may be affected) to let Google know "hey, we're doing our own thing, would you please mind not scaring potential users away". Whether or not I use Chrome, at least 60% of Internet users do. And I've never seen a warning when visiting reactjs.org asking if I didn't actually mean reactos.org, so the axe doesn't swing both ways here.
DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
Chrome user here - I didn't get any notifications or popups like that. Do you have a third-party Chrome extension installed? I know a lot of AV vendors love to auto-install their own cyber-security browser extensions that report stuff like that, so it could be that?
- estsauver 6y ago
  It may be a g suite setting/configuration as well.
- pcthrowaway 6y ago
  No*, but I visit reactjs.org regularly, so this could also be due to Google tracking me. In full disclosure, I clicked the article thinking it was about ReactJS. I've never used ReactOS, though I've been aware of the project (and visited their webpage) before ReactJS was even a thing. Edit: This could very easily be from AdBlock Plus as well, but the tooltip was under the address bar (and it doesn't reappear when I visit reactos.org) Edit2: I got this when navigating to https://goggle.com https://goggle.com also (that's goGGle, not google). Turned off Lastpass and Adblock Plus to confirm it wasn't from them.
  - dlvktrsh 6y ago
    that's thoughtful! I'm gonna do it too. maybe you can find an appropriate feedback section somewhere too, but who knows how useful that is
- dlvktrsh 6y ago
  it's definitely a feature that's been around chrome (I'm remembering from both mobile and desktop) for a while. I think the way they show this message has changed over time and probably don't show it if you think you're an advance enough user, that'd be my guess. or maybe you have an extension that stops u from seeing this
hnlmorg 6y ago
> Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS More than 3 times longer. ReactOS was started in the 90s (in fact I might have even used ReactOS before I first used Linux. There certainly isn't much between it). Whereas React.js was started in 2013 (ref: Wikipedia).
NullPrefix 6y ago
>Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS Well, you just reiterated that ReactJS is newer and newer is always better. /s

josteink 6y ago

> I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message The best way to avoid having Google interfere with your browsing is to use a non-Google browser.

psychoslave 6y ago

Stop using Chrome? :D

pcthrowaway 6y ago
I wasn't referring to me whitelisting sites, the tooltip wasn't an issue for me. But for legitimate communities building honest software (or any honest product, really), it can be harmful to have potential users/contributors being scared off by a message like this. At the very least, it can make visitors question the legitimacy of the product. Since ReactOS has been around for decades at this point, it seems as if they're suffering a penalty for not being as popular as ReactJS, which is kind of bullshit, if there's no way for ReactOS (and other legitimate companies which may be affected) to let Google know "hey, we're doing our own thing, would you please mind not scaring potential users away". Whether or not I use Chrome, at least 60% of Internet users do. And I've never seen a warning when visiting reactjs.org asking if I didn't actually mean reactos.org, so the axe doesn't swing both ways here.

DaiPlusPlus 6y ago

Chrome user here - I didn't get any notifications or popups like that. Do you have a third-party Chrome extension installed? I know a lot of AV vendors love to auto-install their own cyber-security browser extensions that report stuff like that, so it could be that?

estsauver 6y ago
It may be a g suite setting/configuration as well.
pcthrowaway 6y ago
No*, but I visit reactjs.org regularly, so this could also be due to Google tracking me. In full disclosure, I clicked the article thinking it was about ReactJS. I've never used ReactOS, though I've been aware of the project (and visited their webpage) before ReactJS was even a thing. Edit: This could very easily be from AdBlock Plus as well, but the tooltip was under the address bar (and it doesn't reappear when I visit reactos.org) Edit2: I got this when navigating to https://goggle.com https://goggle.com also (that's goGGle, not google). Turned off Lastpass and Adblock Plus to confirm it wasn't from them.
- dlvktrsh 6y ago
  that's thoughtful! I'm gonna do it too. maybe you can find an appropriate feedback section somewhere too, but who knows how useful that is
dlvktrsh 6y ago
it's definitely a feature that's been around chrome (I'm remembering from both mobile and desktop) for a while. I think the way they show this message has changed over time and probably don't show it if you think you're an advance enough user, that'd be my guess. or maybe you have an extension that stops u from seeing this

hnlmorg 6y ago

> Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS More than 3 times longer. ReactOS was started in the 90s (in fact I might have even used ReactOS before I first used Linux. There certainly isn't much between it). Whereas React.js was started in 2013 (ref: Wikipedia).

NullPrefix 6y ago

>Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS Well, you just reiterated that ReactJS is newer and newer is always better. /s