Duh. Forgot tthe link to the transparency report:
https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:43 PM Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Google's SafeBrowsing API is generally a good thing. The Transparency
> Report for it might ease your mind a bit, Chris. It is not "added by
> Google" as much as it is "chosen by application developers". See info on
> the API here: https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/
>
> Judging by a brief reading of the Wikipedia article about it, version 2
> and above haven't got significant immediate privacy concerns, as a hashed
> value is used for destination site lookup (not originator lookup). However,
> it's been alleged that the NSA exploits the stored cookie for
> identification purposes. See here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing
>
> As the NSA has many, many alleged ways of tracking one's computer, I
> expect Google's SafeBrowsing preferences cookie is the least of your
> worries.
>
> Re: "hosts" file (and associated "networks" file) in Windows: They were a
> borrow from the Unix world, and have been used in that arena for decades.
> In fact, setting up an Ethernet network in early days required editing both.
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:12 PM Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Mozilla runs on a shoestring. Perhaps Google is paying Mozilla to embed
>> the Google function in Firefox.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 7/4/2015 3:51 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Isn't Opera supposed to be the most stripped down browser? Would that
>> run better on dialup?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hmmm... I'll look into that.
>> >
>> > In the meantime, I recalled that there already is a URL-blocking
>> function built into Windows. It's a text file named "hosts", with no
>> extension. In WinXP it's in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc folder.
>> You can edit it yourself to include URLs that you want to block. It's been
>> a part of Windows since day one, but hardly anyone is aware of it. You can
>> download a large version of it from the web.
>> >
>> > My firewall has a number of editable URL blocking files, and I
>> make good use of those.
>> >
>> > I don't like the idea of this Google safebrowsing as it gives
>> them the opportunity to eavesdrop on your internet usage, which is no
>> different than keylogging malware.
>> >
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> > - Hunter S. Thompson
>> >
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