Safe Browsing

Safe Browsing

Google Safe Browsing is an anti-phishing extension released by Google on labs.google.com in December 2005. Google has released this extension to the Mozilla Foundation under MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 in order that it might be used as part of Firefox if desired.

We're in the process of integrating the extension as a global extension on the trunk. When it lands, we can figure out whether this is something we want to use as a base for an anti-phishing feature in Firefox. Of course, whether it is shipped or even enabled is still a matter for discussion, as is the final form the extension might take, its UI, how it is enabled, and the like.

The design of Safe Browsing is found in the Safe Browsing: Design Documentation.