Google Safe Browsing Incorrectly Flags Immich Open-Source Photo Service as Dangerous
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janpio
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
Google's Safe Browsing service incorrectly flagged all Immich.cloud websites as dangerous, causing users to see security warnings when accessing the open-source Google Photos alternative. The Immich team had to navigate Google's complex appeal process to resolve the false positive classification, highlighting challenges faced by open-source projects when dealing with automated security systems.
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· 4 pulledEarlier this month all of our *.immich.cloud websites were marked as dangerous and users started being shown the dreaded 'red-screen-of-death' page
Google offers a service called Safe Browsing, which aims to determine if a site is running malware, unwanted software, or performs some form of social engineering
No one on the team really understood how this browser feature worked, but it's now, unfortunately, been added to our list of Cursed Knowledge
The service is free, and many browsers, including Chrome & Firefox, directly integrate the service into their products
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