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mfrisbie
12 months ago
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Osprey – Browser extension that protects you from ...
So this extension is feeding a stream of your browsing activity to a bunch of third party services? No thanks.
Foulest
12 months ago
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The same thing happens with Google's SafeBrowsing, Microsoft's SmartScreen, Bitdefender TrafficLight, or Emsisoft Browser Protection. Osprey essentially combines multiple already existing browser protection extensions into one.
lostmsu
12 months ago
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SafeBrowsing uses local database AFAIK.
Foulest
12 months ago
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Ah! True. I guess they realized it would be better to do that than have the extra network strain.
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