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Submitted by kepeken on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 22:05

Abrowser is sending downloaded file information to Google

Project:Trisquel
Version:7.0
Component:Programs
Category:bug report
Priority:critical
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:can't reproduce
Description

Abrowser from version 32 onwards send the downloaded files information to a Google server with the justification of prevent malware, but this is at the same time almost useless to a updated GNU/Linux system and also threatening to users privacy.

in "about:config": "browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL" should have a blank value.

quidam:
Thu, 12/11/2014 - 03:08
Status:patch (needs review)» can't reproduce

Sniffed traffic with wireshark, saw no such connection. Safebrowsing is disabled by default in the config, and afaik this only works in windows anyways.