Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
On Sunday 03 January 2010 06:51:05 Enrico Weigelt wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: your browser will contact Google's servers when you visit a potentially risky site. It will also periodically contact Google's servers to download the most recent list of known phishing and malware sites Yeah, they actually sell phone-home as privacy. Is there an option to build without that crap ? Isn't it just a matter of switching off 'Block reported attack sites/web forgeries' under preferences? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: your browser will contact Google's servers when you visit a potentially risky site. It will also periodically contact Google's servers to download the most recent list of known phishing and malware sites Yeah, they actually sell phone-home as privacy. Is there an option to build without that crap ? cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ cellphone: +49 174 7066481 email: i...@metux.de skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
[gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
On 09/23/2009 05:16 AM, Grant wrote: Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for some reason? The person logging in says they aren't attempting to access Google, and the home page is not set to go there. Does anyone know why this might be happening? If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current list of malware addresses for its phising filter. Thank you. Is this the checkbox: Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site. Two options, in the Security tab: Block reported attack sites and Block reported web forgeries. BTW, Firefox asks Google for the lists right? Yes. This is what Google says: http://code.google.com/apis/safebrowsing/firefox3_privacy.html your browser will contact Google's servers when you visit a potentially risky site. It will also periodically contact Google's servers to download the most recent list of known phishing and malware sites
[gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
On 09/23/2009 03:10 AM, Grant wrote: Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for some reason? The person logging in says they aren't attempting to access Google, and the home page is not set to go there. Does anyone know why this might be happening? If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current list of malware addresses for its phising filter. Thank you. Is this the checkbox: Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site. Two options, in the Security tab: Block reported attack sites and Block reported web forgeries.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for some reason? The person logging in says they aren't attempting to access Google, and the home page is not set to go there. Does anyone know why this might be happening? If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current list of malware addresses for its phising filter. Thank you. Is this the checkbox: Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site. Two options, in the Security tab: Block reported attack sites and Block reported web forgeries. Thanks, you must be on 3.5. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?
Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for some reason? The person logging in says they aren't attempting to access Google, and the home page is not set to go there. Does anyone know why this might be happening? If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox periodically downloads a current list of malware addresses for its phising filter. Thank you. Is this the checkbox: Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site. Two options, in the Security tab: Block reported attack sites and Block reported web forgeries. BTW, Firefox asks Google for the lists right? - Grant
