Google's Safe Browsing program made my week hell
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Ajay Goel Ajay Goel
Posted Feb 28, 2019 14 min read
Google's Safe Browsing program made my week hell

Google's Safe Browsing program protects a lot of people from phishing, malware, and other harmful sites. In fact, it's so pervasive that it's not just used by Chrome. Google has managed to get competing browsers, Safari and Firefox, to use it as well. The list of websites blacklisted though is all maintained by Google, giving Google a disproportionate amount of power over what sites are seen versus blocked.

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