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SUBMAN1 · 09-26-07, 01:58 PM

Saw this on Slashdot -
Firefox 3 Antiphishing Sends Your URLs To Google

"As we were discussing, Gran Paradiso — the latest version of Firefox — is nearing release. Gran Paradiso includes a form of malware protection that checks every URL against a known list of sites. It does so by sending each URL to Google. In other words, if people enable this feature, they get some malware protection, and Google gets a wealth of information about which sites are popular (or, for that matter, which sites should be checked for malware). Fair deal? Not to worry — the feature is disabled by default."

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/25/1622229.shtml

09-26-07, 01:58 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	New Firefox to have malware??? Saw this on Slashdot - Firefox 3 Antiphishing Sends Your URLs To Google "As we were discussing, Gran Paradiso — the latest version of Firefox — is nearing release. Gran Paradiso includes a form of malware protection that checks every URL against a known list of sites. It does so by sending each URL to Google. In other words, if people enable this feature, they get some malware protection, and Google gets a wealth of information about which sites are popular (or, for that matter, which sites should be checked for malware). Fair deal? Not to worry — the feature is disabled by default." http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/25/1622229.shtml __________________