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Does Firefox 2 anti-phishing tool violate privacy?
Published October 27th, 2006 in All Categories, Firefox, Phishing, Privacy
There are concerns that the latest and greatest Firefox, version 2, could compromise a user’s 
privacy because of the way that its anti-phishing system works.
To use the feature, you (apparently, I haven’t used it yet) have to send Google a record of every website you visit. A cookie is then used to record your behaviour data when using Firefox, providing it to Google for their own purposes.
It’s an opt-in scheme, so it won’t happen without your permission, but then it could be buried in some terms and conditions that a user may not bother to read if they’re more concerned with protecting themselves from phishing attacks. Tech Digest: Does Firefox 2’s anti-phishing tool violate privacy?
