Chrome thinks Firefox is unsafe! - eviltoast

I needed to reinstall Firefox on this computer, so I started up Chrome to download the latest version and it blocked the download as unsafe! I had to manually tell it to download anyway.

Fuck Chrome. I’m glad I only used it to download one file and went back to Firefox.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          172·
          11 months ago

          No, although I did use it for work, which is the only reason Chrome is on the computer. But the sysadmin didn’t touch it.

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            304·
            11 months ago

            They don’t need to touch it. If you login using your company’s google account, they automatically has access via their MDM console.

          • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
            11·
            11 months ago

            If you have a good functioning IT dept, that laptop was fully configured to their specifications long before you got a hold of it and it certainly happens automatically.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              111·
              11 months ago

              I didn’t get it from work. It’s my personal machine. I just used it when I had a hybrid schedule. But I don’t log in with that account because it doesn’t exist anymore since I don’t work there anymore.

              • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
                41·
                11 months ago

                Gotcha

                Perhaps the download was corrupted? Like maybe the checksum didn’t match. Did it happen a second time or after you did a force refresh?

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                  8·
                  11 months ago

                  Actually, the second time I did it on a Macbook. A separate machine. However, they are both Intel Macs, so they are older and running an older OS (Monterey). Could that be it?

                  • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    3·
                    11 months ago

                    So far the browsers all seem to be universal apps, and I’d bet they stay that for many years.

                    My rule of thumb is that an issue isn’t an issue until it affects at least 10% of the fleet. Before then, it’s a fluke and not worth investigating.

                    I think you had a fluke. Seems like it’s worked for you since then.

                  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    89·
                    11 months ago

                    For future reference, the correct way to install Firefox on a Mac is brew install --cask firefox, not downloading it manually like some troglodyte.

                    Edit: unamused downvoters be like:

                    Sorry, folks, I was trying to make a joke, not an insult!

      • maychance@infosec.pubEnglish
        16·
        11 months ago

        I just tried to reproduce this and couldn’t either. I’m also using a mac. Had to download a fresh copy of chrome since I didn’t already have it on my machine and it let me download 121.0 without hiccup. I’m curious what blocked it on yours.

          • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            11 months ago

            Your safe browsing was disabled, as another commenter said. Either you had it disabled manually, or it was momentarily down and couldn’t fetch the list. Either way, it marks all downloads as unsafe just to be sure in that case.

        • driveway@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I don’t use Chrome but maybe that Google Malware scan option is not set to the strictest?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          104·
          11 months ago

          I used it for work before I quit my job because the backend required Chrome. Believe it or not, I didn’t bother to close out all the work tabs when I quit the job.