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Google is changing how Chrome detects and warns you about unsafe sites

Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a

Previously, Chrome downloaded a list of known sites that harbor malware, unwanted software and phishing scams once or twice per hour. Now, Chrome will move to a system that will send the URLs you are visiting to its servers and check against a rapidly updated list there. Google goes to great lengths to explain how this system can work in real time without sharing your browsing data with the company.

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