That shouldn't be the case. Chrome first ends the url you're trying to visit to its safe browsing API to determine if the site's been reported as unsafe. This request will be proxied via Apple so that Google can't associate all the urls you're trying to visit against your IP. Apple's concern is that every url visited by every Chrome browser can be logged against the user's source IP via the safe browsing api.
If the site is deemed safe by the API or if you decide to proceed anyways if the site was reported a
Safe browsing lookups are done locally. Chrome has a local database of known bad URLs, and updates them periodically. Lookups are done entirely locally.
Preserve your privacy! (Score:5, Insightful)
By telling US everything you do, not that other slob!
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You also get to enjoy solving many more captchas, thanks to sharing an IP address with thousands of other people.
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That shouldn't be the case. Chrome first ends the url you're trying to visit to its safe browsing API to determine if the site's been reported as unsafe. This request will be proxied via Apple so that Google can't associate all the urls you're trying to visit against your IP. Apple's concern is that every url visited by every Chrome browser can be logged against the user's source IP via the safe browsing api.
If the site is deemed safe by the API or if you decide to proceed anyways if the site was reported a
Re:Preserve your privacy! (Score:2)
Safe browsing lookups are done locally. Chrome has a local database of known bad URLs, and updates them periodically. Lookups are done entirely locally.