Re:Google Safe Browsing is blocking small Mastodon servers
by amatecha on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:15PM
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That's right. I am free to believe whatever I want, and I am free to share my thoughts directly related to the OP, in a sincere and respectful manner -- quite in contrast with how you've responded. Take your vitriolic sentiments elsewhere.
Re:Google Safe Browsing is blocking small Mastodon servers
by silverwasthere on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:09AM
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Dude they use predictive text in the address bar so your point is kinda moot. Yes, they DO see the address you are navigating to when done directly.
Just not in the way you are arguing about.
Re:Google Safe Browsing is blocking small Mastodon servers
by cmeacham98 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:18PM
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Given that Safe Browsing is used in other browsers, and that you can disable that feature and/or change your default search engine, yes it does matter.
Also, even if you are using Chrome with the default search settings, there are lots of cases where it would matter. I suspect people would care a lot more about Google logging the URL for their Amazon search for <embarrassing thing they purchase> than when they typed `amazon.com` in their URL bar to get to Amazon.
The Chromium project's Safe Browsing code is open source: https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:com...
Of course given your "threat model" you are probably going to assume what's shipped in Chrome could be different from the open source code, but hey you are free to believe in whatever falsehoods you choose to believe in.