[gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?
Grant
traffic except for 1 destination IP. I noticed that whenever someone
logs in to an xfce4 session on that system, I see a bunch of rejected
80/443 requests from that system to various Google IPs from throughout
their session. 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?
- Grant
Frank Steinmetzger
> 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.
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LOL, you said ROFL.
Grant
>> 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."
- Grant
Nikos Chantziaras
>>> 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?
>>
>> 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."
Grant
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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
Grant
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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
KH
> [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip]
Hi,
does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds
on the homepage?
kh
Grant
>
> Hi,
>
> does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds on
> the homepage?
Good question, I will test for that.
Does anyone know if Firefox downloads its website lists from Google?
- Grant
Paul Hartman
>
> Does anyone know if Firefox downloads its website lists from Google?
I think in FF1 and FF2 it would periodically download a list of "bad"
URLs (FF1) or a list of hashes of bad domain names (FF1 and FF2) and
check the local list for hits. In FF3 I believe the phishing filter
submits every site to google as you browse, in real time. It may
download the list, too. I'm not entirely sure. Disable "Block reported
web forgeries" and "Block reported attack sites" in Firefo if you'd
rather not (potentially) tell Google about every URL you ever visit.
The host sb.google.com contains the lists.
Frank Steinmetzger
> Grant schrieb:
> > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip]
>
> Hi,
>
> does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds
> on the homepage?
I'm blocking all requests to google analytics with NoScript.
Google doesn’t have to know everything.
The same goes for googlesyndication.
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Paul Hartman
<paul.hart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Frank Steinmetzger <War...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, 23. September 2009 schrieb KH:
>>> Grant schrieb:
>>> > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip]
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds
>>> on the homepage?
>>
>> I'm blocking all requests to google analytics with NoScript.
>> Google doesn’t have to know everything.
>> The same goes for googlesyndication.
>
> owners won't know that I've visited their site. It will be one less
> Linux user in their stats. ("But everyone uses Windows, look at the
> stats! Let's use ActiveX!")
* I will add that of course they can read their server logs, but you'd
be surprised how many people rely solely on GA and don't even know how
to read their server logs. Or on high-traffic sites the logs can be
many gigabytes per day and they simply can't download them and store
them.
Paul Hartman
>> Grant schrieb:
>> > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds
>> on the homepage?
>
> I'm blocking all requests to google analytics with NoScript.
> Google doesn’t have to know everything.
> The same goes for googlesyndication.
It's a double-edged sword. If I block google-analytics, web site
Nikos Chantziaras
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> 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"
Enrico Weigelt
> "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
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Mick
> 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?
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