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Safe browsing and dns over https

Unread post by feraritn » 2022-08-04, 20:39

Hello, in Firefox, "Safe browsing is a feature that warns you when you are about to visit a dangerous site known for malware, phishing and downloading unwanted software on your device", is there such important feature in Pale Moon Browser and how to enable it ?

i know many dns providers that block ads like adguard, contreld....and we wish to change and switch betweet dns servers quickly, is there option to set " doh dns over https" please ?

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Re: Safe browsing and dns over https

Unread post by vannilla » 2022-08-04, 21:14

No, there isn't because DNS over HTTPS is not the solution you might think it is. Also Pale Moon intentionally does not support D'OH.
If you need to block known threats (because that's what "Safe browsing" does, protect you from known threats) just download a content blocker like any adblocker or eMatrix.

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Re: Safe browsing and dns over https

Unread post by Moonchild » 2022-08-04, 21:37

feraritn wrote:
2022-08-04, 20:39
is there such important feature in Pale Moon Browser and how to enable it ?
No, we do not have Google Safebrowsing baked in to the browser. Aside from requiring a (non-free) Google API key, it is also subject to inherent (political/economic/social) bias which we do not want to enforce on our users - that is, not to mention the profiling capabilities of sending the necessary browsing data to Google to "check if it's safe".

search before posting please. Both DoH and Safebrowsing has been discussed on the forum multiple times.
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Re: Safe browsing and dns over https

Unread post by bSun0000 » 2022-08-04, 22:02

dnscrypt-proxy will provide you safe (encrypted) dns resolving (system-wide) and it can be used with ADGuard servers to filter ads and malware sites.
Additionally, uBlock addon with filters: Badware risks, Resource abuse, Dan Pollock’s hosts file, Malware Domain List will provide you a security wall against malicious domains.
Without going intimate with google's telemetry.

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Re: Safe browsing and dns over https

Unread post by feraritn » 2022-08-04, 22:21

Wonderful ! Thank you very much for your precious advices and recommandations :)

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