SafeBrowsing Client?

[GaryT-3]

Hi folks
Pray tell, what is a safebrowsing client and what would be a typical
association with the big "G".

My browser (Firefox) has several safebrowsing URLs in the config file
and I fail to see the relationship between that and web searches.

Does it identify me as a safe user and it's okay to search for me?
OR
Could it mean that I've been "had" somewhere along the way?
Or, is it simply a means of keeping track of my activities?

Does anyone really understand these things?

Thanks
GaryT


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[Parko]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:50:56 +1100, GaryT wrote:

> Hi folks Pray tell, what is a safebrowsing client and what would be a
> typical association with the big "G".
>
> My browser (Firefox) has several safebrowsing URLs in the config file
> and I fail to see the relationship between that and web searches.
>
> Does it identify me as a safe user and it's okay to search for me? OR
> Could it mean that I've been "had" somewhere along the way?
> Or, is it simply a means of keeping track of my activities?
>
> Does anyone really understand these things?
>
> Thanks GaryT

I think its pretty benign.

http://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/firefox3_privacy.html




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[NoOp-4]

On 03/04/2012 12:07 PM, Parko wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:50:56 +1100, GaryT wrote:
>
>> Hi folks Pray tell, what is a safebrowsing client and what would be a
>> typical association with the big "G".
>>
>> My browser (Firefox) has several safebrowsing URLs in the config file
>> and I fail to see the relationship between that and web searches.
>>
>> Does it identify me as a safe user and it's okay to search for me? OR
>> Could it mean that I've been "had" somewhere along the way?
>> Or, is it simply a means of keeping track of my activities?
>>
>> Does anyone really understand these things?
>>
>> Thanks GaryT
>
> I think its pretty benign.

Really?

>
> http://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/firefox3_privacy.html
>

Or pretty much BS debenting upon how you look at it:

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=google.com

Note:
https://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/
<quote>
The Safe Browsing Lookup API has the following drawbacks:

    Privacy: The URL(s) to be looked up are not hashed so the server
knows which URL(s) the API users have looked up
    Response time: Every lookup request will be processed by the Safe
Browsing server and we don't provide any guarantees on lookup response time

In summary, if you are not too concerned about the privacy of the
queried URL(s) and you can tolerate latency induced by a network
request, you may want to use the Safe Browsing Lookup API since it's
much simpler to implement. Otherwise, the Safe Browsing API v2 may be a
better choice for you.
</quote>

And of course those that get caught up in the prop wash...
<https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192808/google_safe_browsing_makes_the_innocent_look_guilty.html>

This doesn't seem to have anything to do with Ubuntu & I recommend the
OP check the Mozilla/FF support channels and/or
<https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox>





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[GaryT-3]

NoOp wrote:

> On 03/04/2012 12:07 PM, Parko wrote:

>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:50:56 +1100, GaryT wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks Pray tell, what is a safebrowsing client and what would be a
>>> typical association with the big "G".
>>>
>>> My browser (Firefox) has several safebrowsing URLs in the config file
>>> and I fail to see the relationship between that and web searches.
[big snip]

>> I think its pretty benign.

> Really?
>
> Or pretty much BS debenting upon how you look at it:
>
> http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=google.com

Magic! NoOp.
Thanks for the lead.
Everybody should look at that one.

> Note:
> https://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/
and this one

If you use FireFox, enter  about:config  into your address box and after
promising to be especially careful, search for safebrowsing.  You'll see
why I asked the original question. Now it has become clear it's all
there with the full blessing of Mozilla.

GT



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