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How to disable Google Chrome from sending data to safebrowsing-cache.google.com and safebrowsing.clients.google.com?

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Unchecking Enable phishing and malware protection in Chrome's browser settings page does not prevent Chrome from communicating with safebrowsing.clients.google.com and safebrowsing-cache.google.com (according to packets captured using Wireshark). How can I disable this feature?

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Fix for: How to disable Google Chrome from sending data to safebrowsing-cache.google.com and safebrowsing.clients.google.com?

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You could edit your hosts file, which will block the traffic. Maybe there is a less brute force way, but I'm sure this will work. Add the following to your hosts file in Linux and Windows: Add the following to your hosts file in OSX: Your hosts file…

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