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mfrisbie
on April 13, 2025
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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
on April 14, 2025
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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
on April 14, 2025
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SafeBrowsing uses local database AFAIK.
Foulest
on April 14, 2025
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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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