Re: icecat 3.6.6? + google issue

[al3xu5 / dotcommon]

Il giorno venerdì 16/07/2010 09:53:16 CEST
Reed Loden <address@hidden> ha scritto:

[...]
> Offering Scroogle even after the problems it has had lately with
> accessing Google? Seems like you may put your users in a bind if
> Scroogle were to have issues again...

it is very easy replacing google with scroogle (see:
http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/IceCat#toc10), so switching back
from scroogle to google should not be difficult...

> > In the current version we removed firefox's safe browsing, as it
> > relies on a google service...
> > 
> > What do you think of this?
> 
> I think you're unnecessarily endangering your users for no reason at
> all. Why is Google so harmful in this case? Firefox does a pretty good
> job at protecting its users' data so Google doesn't know exactly what
> URL the user is visiting. You need to weigh the pros and cons here. I
> personally feel that having working anti-phishing/anti-malware support
> is a core part of Firefox's mission to keep users secure. If you turn
> that off, you're putting users at risk.

uhm... are we really sure? 

Google Safe-Browsing and Chrome Privacy Leak ha.ckers.org web
application security lab
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20090824/google-safe-browsing-and-chrome-privacy-leak/

Google Safe Browsing Feature Could Compromise Privacy - DarkReading
http://www.darkreading.com/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218800199

Google Safe-Browsing and Chrome Privacy Leak [Archive] - Wilders
Security Forums
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/archive/index.php/t-251746.html

Safe Browsing Privacy Policies – Google Privacy Center
http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/privacy_browsing.html


regards
al3xu5 / dotcommon

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