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Got it, thanks. I've disabled Safe Browsing and the cookie is gone. I'm curious: Does the Safe Browsing API offer any privacy guarantees? I confess that I do
by xenophonf 12y ago
Got it, thanks. I've disabled Safe Browsing and the cookie is gone. I'm curious: Does the Safe Browsing API offer any privacy guarantees? I confess that I don't really know how it works, although based on how it works with ClamAV, I assumed that Firefox periodically downloaded something from Google that let Firefox check a given URL against a list of known-bad hashes. If that's the case, I wouldn't mind leaving Safe Browsing enabled.
- mbrubeck 12y ago> I assumed that Firefox periodically downloaded something from Google that let Firefox check a given URL against a list of known-bad hashes. Yes, that's basically how it works. Firefox periodically downloads a database of blocked URLs. Before loading a web page, it checks this database. If the check is negative then Firefox displays the page normally. If the check is positive, Firefox will also send a hashed URL to the Safe Browsing server to double-check whether to block the page or not. This page has more documentation, including a link to the API specification: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-m...