Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-20 Thread KS
KS wrote: > Mumia W.. wrote: >> On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: >>> Mumia W.. wrote: 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.

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-20 Thread KS
Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: >> Mumia W.. wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> >> But there are

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-20 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/20/2007 10:18 AM, KS wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: 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. But there are two choices there. The first one checks for

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-20 Thread KS
Mumia W.. wrote: > > 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. > But there are two choices there. The first one checks for phishing from a downloa

Re: Google's search term completion [WAS] Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-17 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:51:43 +0300 Atis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 17/08/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have noticed for a while that as I type into the IW / FF Google > > search box, a drop down list of suggestions (separate from a list of my > > previous searches) appears.

Re: Google's search term completion [WAS] Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-17 Thread Atis
> On 17/08/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have noticed for a while that as I type into the IW / FF Google > search box, a drop down list of suggestions (separate from a list of my > previous searches) appears. I don't get the impression that the > browser is downloading it on the fly,

Google's search term completion [WAS] Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-17 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:11:08 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17/08/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have noticed for a while that as I type into the IW / FF Google > > search box, a drop down list of suggestions (separate from a list of my > > previous searches) app

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 17/08/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have noticed for a while that as I type into the IW / FF Google > search box, a drop down list of suggestions (separate from a list of my > previous searches) appears. I don't get the impression that the > browser is downloading it on the fly, so

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-17 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:08:13 +0200 Krzysztof Lubański <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 14:39 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > > connections from various google addresses. [...] > > > > This happen on 4 different net

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-16 Thread Jamin Davis
Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-16 Thread Steven
It's featureware which opens just as many new MiM considerations as it solves phishing considerations. Pick your poison, I guess. There's still no real excuse for unrequested network connections during an idle session if its only purpose is to verify site identity during active use. -- To U

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Mumia W..
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 real

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 14:39 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > connections from various google addresses. [...] > > This happen on 4 different network boxen, while they have > iceweasel running, and sitting on our networks local homepage.

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Steven
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 m

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Michael Shuler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 08/15/2007 01:39 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > > connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com > > currently. > > This would be your browser checkin

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Shuler
On 08/15/2007 01:39 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com > currently. This would be your browser checking in with google. If you have a browser open, it will connect for updat

Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Wayne Topa
I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com currently. Tha amount of traffic varies but sometimes really slows down any Debian upgrades that are running on other boxes. If I was on broadband I wouldn't have n