On 08/15/2007 06:39 PM, Steven wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:56:16 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
thought it was odd that google, or iceweasel, needed to know anything.
Of course the entry was dropped when I terminated iceweasel.
I've noticed similar behavior for a few years. While I've never really
been pleased with it there isn't much choice unless you feel like
devoting a good chuck of your time to searching and patching the source.
[...]
Huh?
This feature is called "safebrowsing," and turning it off is as easy as
changing this option:
Edit-> Preferences-> Security-> Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a
suspected forgery.
What concerns me most is that it's never publicized (either to the user
specifically or in common PR discussions about the internet) about which
unrequested/automatic connections are being made.
These discussions take place here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/
and here: http://lists.mozilla.org/
and here: alt.fan.mozilla
and here: irc.mozilla.org
and here (in your browser): Help Contents-> Preferences-> Security
If there's any sort of
data being exchanged then who writes the protocol for the data exchange?
Most likely it is Google. I think I remember someone mentioning Opera
using the safebrowsing information, so I don't think that Mozilla
invented it. Search here: http://www.google.com/search?q=safebrowsing
Who ensures that the protocol is secure? In all reality it's probably
exchanging a completely innocuous bit of data but who ensures that data
is exchanged in a fashion which isn't as wide open as the recent
discussions involving URI functionality exploits. ( http://
security.itworld.com/5043/070815URIbrowserflaw/page_1.html )
Like I said, you can disable it if you don't want it. If you do so, make
sure the people using that profile know how to discern between the real
Paypal web site and a fake one.
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