On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:17:33 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: >>safebrowsing.clients.google.com: Firefox uses Google's "Safe Browsing API" >>http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ >>Uncheck "Block reported attack sites/web forgeries" in Tools -> Options -> >>Security >okay, so in order to block firefox gives control to google first?!? In any >case, I did not allow any cookies to be set. >
Yes. From the URL above: "Phishing and Malware Protection works by checking the sites that you visit against lists of reported phishing and malware sites. These lists are automatically downloaded and updated every 30 minutes or so ..." "... In both cases, existing cookies you have from google.com, our list provider, may also be sent. ..." BTW Another reason to contact google is geolocation: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
