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Disable safe browsing for downloaded files
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This actually leaks information to Google.
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pyllyukko committed Jul 4, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true);
// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", true);

// disable safe browsing for downloaded files. this leaks information to google.
// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/39.0/releasenotes/
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);

// disable pocket
//user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false);

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Example:

google_safebrowsing_downloaded_file

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what about browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled?

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Not sure. With a quick testing browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled seemed to do the trick. Didn't find any details on browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled. Do you have some info about it?

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