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> Wow, I did not realize it would send URLs to Google. That does not sound GDPR-compliant.

That's not how Firefox does safe browsing. https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-...

"One of the most persistent misunderstandings about Safe Browsing is the idea that the browser needs to send all visited URLs to Google in order to verify whether or not they are safe."

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Apparently it is how it used to work though for some settings, which is bad enough, and still sends partial hashes in some cases which can leak some information. Even just making any connections to Google (or another provider) without the user explicitly visiting a Google website is a privacy issue that Firefox should resolve.

It also does not adress the problem with making Google the gatekeeper deciding what you can and cannot download - and don't tell me its just a warning, its set up in such a way that regular users will often not even know that they can bypass it.

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