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by anon1385 3717 days ago
>At the moment users are mostly deciding that the risk is worth it.

Users aren't making a conscious decision. Browser vendors are making the decision for them. Most people don't change the default settings, especially something that claims to make your browsing "safer".
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ceejayoz 3717 days ago
> Most people don't change the default settings...

We're talking about Chrome, a browser that comes as the default setting on zero major operating systems.

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bob17 3717 days ago
Android, it now has the safe browsing API built into Play services.

https://security.googleblog.com/2015/12/protecting-hundreds-...

I wonder if newer versions of SamsungBrowser use it.

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anon1385 3717 days ago
>We're talking about Chrome

No we aren't. We are talking about the Google Safe Browsing service. They are different things. One is a web browser, the other is a blacklist that any software can use.

It's used by Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Together those make up a majority of browsers.

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