Want to see how google is tracking you through the safe browsing option of Firefox and Firefox forks and rebranded FF browsers?
When you use safe browsing, Firefox checks with Google to see whether the site certificates are valid for any given site you hit that uses SSL certification. Google runs the servers that deal with the safe browser checking. To see this in action yourself simply add the Firefox plugin called “Preferences Monitor”. It monitors your firefox settings and preferences and alerts you to any changes made there by plugins or any other software. A few questions have been asked about this and a lot of people are trying to find other companies that do certification checks.
changed the value of “urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.https://sb-ssl.google.com/safebrowsing/newkey”
oldValue: 1390071176
newValue: 1390080799^ JS frame :: file:///C:/Program Files/Pale Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js :: :: line 190
^ JS frame :: file:///C:/Program Files/Pale Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js :: :: line 1103
^ JS frame :: file:///C:/Program Files/Pale Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js :: :: line 1121
^ JS frame :: file:///C:/Program Files/Pale Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierListManager.js :: :: line 384
^ JS frame :: file:///C:/Program Files/Pale Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js :: :: line 52
^ native frame :: :: :: line 0
Source File: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Pale%20Moon/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js
Line: 190
Source Code:
190
Here is a clue from Mozilla. How many of you knew they were botnetting your data to google? Check the link below.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.*
Another clue, just download and install Firefox extension “HttpFox“. Open it, Click on Start. You can see it yourself by visiting any site.
How to Stop Google Tracking:
Just Write about:config on the firefox address bar. Click on “I’ll be care, I promise”. Then in the search bar type, “browser.safebrowsing“.  You’ll see around four true values. Double click on the True in the value panel to make the value false. Below is the screen shot for guidance
Fun Fact:
In 2010, 84% of Mozilla’s $123 million in revenue came directly from Google. And here is a tip. You have to disable a NoScript feature as well, or you will be pinging a NSA facility AS19969 Joe’s Datacenter, LLC.