pearjuice, this simply isn't true. The way that Chrome does this is periodically downloads a file from Google. The file consists of hashes of known-dangerous we

pearjuice, this simply isn't true. The way that Chrome does this is periodically downloads a file from Google. The file consists of hashes of known-dangerous web pages. When you visit a new URL, the URL is hashed locally and checked against the client-side list of hashes of known-bad pages. If there's no match, Chrome proceeds normally. Only if there is a hash collision does Chrome do more checking to see if the URL is safe. Here's more information in case you want to read more: https://code.google.com/p/google-safe-browsing/wiki/SafeBrowsingDesign https://code.google.com/p/google-safe-browsing/wiki/SafeBrow...