Google can track surfing habits without need for HTTP cookies
Did you turn on that 'Block dangerous and deceptive content' feature in Firefox' security tab? It works by consulting Google each time you visit a new website. You can imagine the rest.Patently wrong. Here's how the API works:The Update API lets your client applications download hashed versions of the Safe Browsing lists for storage in a local database. URLs can then be checked locally. Only if a match is found in the local database does the client need to send a request to the Safe Browsing servers to verify whether the URL is included on the Safe Browsing lists.From: https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/v4/update-apiSource: Safe Browsing engineer on Chrome.