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Seems like a bad idea turning off phishing notifications and browser warnings http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.enabled http://kb.mozillazine.org/

• cremno 11y ago
  I think using a blocker extension like uBlock Origin restores (at least partially) this functionality without involving Google.
  • scott_karana 11y ago
    Right, but then you're just changing who you leak data to, you're not stopping the leak. EDIT: wow, downvotes? Getting a list from EasyList is just as much a leak as getting a list from Google. Someone has your IP either way.
    • cremno 11y ago
      Yeah. I personally don't care if something is from Google but other people do. I'm quite surprised this stupid list that doesn't even explain what each setting actually does is on page 1. (Edit: Oh, it seems it was updated in the meantime.)
    • glass- 11y ago
      > Getting a list from EasyList is just as much a leak as getting a list from Google. Someone has your IP either way. The problem with SafeBrowsing isn't downloading the list, it's that it sends data back to Google if it finds a match. Malware lists with AdBlock plugins don't do this.
      • scott_karana 11y ago
        My understanding was that Google's malware list is a two prong approach: 1: An all-in-one lump download of blacklists 2: Optionally, "Enhanced" also sends hashed URLs to Google in case specific sub-pages aren't on the list, etc Easylist, of course, only offers #1. Firefox, by default, uses both, which is less private, but seemingly still configurable to use only #1. Citations: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/faq.html http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/faq.html https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/firefox3_privacy_faq https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/firefox3_privacy... http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=124878.0 http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=124878.0
• sp332 11y ago
  It does send your IP address to Google, when you download the filter. And I can't tell if "Enhanced Protection" is enabled which actually sends your URLs to Google.
  • detaro 11y ago
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups That's configured here
    • amq 11y ago
      I couldn't find Browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups in my about:config. Does it still apply? upd: I am searching for it in the Firefox sources now. Just for curiosity: there are 117512 files in 8610 directories totaling 743 MB, and search in files is really slow even on SSD.
      • Sanddancer 11y ago
        A key that's not in the config file uses the defaults. You can just add the key by going into about:config , right clicking anywhere in the list, and choosing New, and in this case, boolean, and set it to false.
      • deleted 11y ago
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      • amq 11y ago
        browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups works indeed, I could confirm this using Fiddler. For some reason, Notepad++ couldn't find a mention of 'remoteLookups' in sources.
        • Tiksi 11y ago
          > time egrep -Rni remotelookup . ./toolkit/devtools/gcli/source/lib/gcli/types/selection.js:81: spec.remoteLookup = (typeof this.lookup === 'function'); ./toolkit/devtools/gcli/source/lib/gcli/types/selection.js:128: if (this.remoteLookup) { egrep -Rni remotelookup . 2.01s user 0.32s system 99% cpu 2.346 total