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Google Warns Users About "Unsafe Sites"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-citizenry dept.

Dynamoo writes "The BBC is reporting that Google will start to warn users about unsafe websites, in particular those that host spyware or have privacy implications. The technology to do this has been developed in partnership with StopBadware, and appears to be an alternative to the popular McAfee SiteAdvisor application. Perhaps this will help curtail slimeware ridden sites from peddling their wares. But it will be interesting to see how Google rates some of its own products, including the potentially risky Google Desktop."

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  1. any grass here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this supposed to be a slashvertisement of those two products mentioned? Smells astroturfy to me.

    1. Re:any grass here? by skoaldipper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, I dunno about that one. Have you ever smelled astroturf up close? It smells more like an athlete using a oak leaf for a washcloth. Slashdot smells more like a roomful of Europeans using the biday if you ask me.

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  2. Re:Just Grow Up and Respect Women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's hard to masturbate to personality.

  3. Re:Here's the Link by no1nose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goatse in l337: EO3