ENG's chat on #chromium-support about inspecting URLs

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[16:07] <Zynariden> Hi guys, any idea which Chrome app will inspect a link I'm thinking about opening, and report on whether it's safe or will try to insert viruses, malware and etc.?
[16:21] <pdr> Zynariden, Chrome does this by default using hashes so you don't send the data to google
[16:26] <Zynariden> hashes? #s?
[16:26] <Zynariden> pdr: Explain hashes for this context? (Google's Define isn't helping: https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ahashes&oq=define%3Ahashes&aqs=chrome.0.69i57j69i58.1672j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 )
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[16:50] <pdr> Zynariden, sorry about that. I stepped away
[16:51] <pdr> Zynariden, hash is a CS term for converting data into a short representation that isn't necessarily reversible. So, you might turn google.com/cats into 334442 and applesauce.com into 43243.
[16:52] <pdr> Zynariden, my understanding is that Chrome downloads a list of bad hashes to your computer, then as you surf, it compares the current site against the list of bad sites
[16:53] <pdr> Zynariden, https://code.google.com/p/google-safe-browsing/wiki/SafeBrowsingDesign has the details
[16:53] <Zynariden> Nice, thanks.