I'm kinda slow @ericlaw so work with me a little to explain how a soft block is remotely preventative of malware or improved security?
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@mollydotcom In the same way that "CAUTION" tape helps prevent people from falling down open manholes.
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@mollydotcom In the SmartScreen case, the default is that kids' accounts cannot bypass the warnings.
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@mollydotcom You could argue, as some do, that browsers shouldn't allow click-through to known malicious sites...
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@mollydotcom ...but almost all have weighed it and taken the other route, for a number of solid reasons.
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We've come to an interesting crossroads I think, @ericlaw - where security and policy are in conflict. Neither of us is wrong. What's right?
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@ericlaw I never said chrome was enforcing censorship. I said it was blocking the Open Web. I stand by my statement and I have no influence.
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@mollydotcom In your FB post, you say warning is "Google is [...] not allowing YOU to participate in what MIGHT BE illegal file sharing."
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@ericlaw I realize my feelings are even stronger about this than I thought. Yes. I am questioning Google's motives. You are right.
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@mollydotcom ...then I think your central argument should be usnews.com/news/articles/201…, rather than misrepresenting what Safe Browsing is.
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