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Google Safe Browsing controversies

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  1. 2016Concerns about false positives and censorship
  2. 2012Privacy and browser-equity criticism

  1. 2016

    Concerns about false positives and censorship

    Commentators raised concerns that legitimate websites could be blocked because of malicious advertising or compromised third-party content, and questioned whether centralized safety warnings could be used for censorship. The cited material did not document a confirmed censorship case by that point.

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  2. 2012

    Privacy and browser-equity criticism

    Researchers criticized the possibility that earlier Safe Browsing implementations exposed complete URLs to Google and examined a Safari cookie associated with the service. A separate report argued that Chrome users could receive more effective Safe Browsing protection than Firefox and Safari users.

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