Safe Browsing Troubles

3 points by mbmjertan 2 years ago | 4 comments

> There are no actually meaningful ways to get in touch with a service that can cause immense harm to your or your businesses reputation and trustworthiness - in similar ways that defamation can

How isn't this defamation, actually? Or at least negligent tortious interference? If people can get sued for honest reviews...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/posting-a-negative-review-onlin...

If a customer posts a review that is factually inaccurate or contains accusations about your business that are untrue, you may have grounds to sue the online reviewer for defamation. - https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/can-you-sue-over-a-bad-revie...

mbmjertan 2 years ago | |

Previous HN discussions claim this was an early concern: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25805294

I do not see what has changed since, apart from Google having a larger budget for fines.

helph67 2 years ago |

Firefox displays this warning message... Deceptive site ahead

Firefox blocked this page because it may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing personal information like passwords or credit cards.

Advisory provided by Google Safe Browsing

mbmjertan 2 years ago | |

Yes, this is my personal website, and a post regarding that happening without seemingly any reason. Hence the title, "Safe Browsing Troubles".

I should've added more context in the description, probably.