On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 12:18:51PM -0500, Stephen Crowley wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 10.0.3esr-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > I was curious about the following excessive access to the url GET > http://safebrowsing-cache.google.com/safebrowsing/... and realized > it > was coming from firefox by having the "Block reported attack > sites/web > forgeries" option. I consider this network spam a bit of a security > risk considering all the skullduggery going on with the net these > days, at the very least the menu option should explicltly state > that it > will bombard google with requests for this data.
Why does it matter that the data comes from google specifically? BTW, it's only downloading a list or a delta if you already have a list locally. It's not sending anything related to your browsing. If you click on help, you're brought to a page that explains the settings, and which contains a link to a page explaining how the feature works. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
