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Re:Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites by nubinetwork on Thursday March 05, 2026 @11:46AM (#47263923)
> I always take these vendor reports with a massive grain of salt. It’s a classic case of comparing apples to vendor-marketing oranges. A headline screaming about an 84% miss rate sounds like a systemic collapse until...

I've seen this before in the ip blocklist space... if you're layering up firewall rules, you're bound to see the higher priority layers more often.

That doesn't mean the other layers suck, security isn't always an A or B situation...

On the other hand, I don't know how I feel about how GSB is implemented... you're telling google every website you go to, but chances are the site already has google analytics or SSO...

Re:Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites by throawayonthe on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:05PM (#47265808)
i thought it was checks against a local list of hashes? with frequent updates
Re:Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites by 7v3x3n3sem9vv on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:19PM (#47266000)
this is how Firefox does it. can't speak for the rest.