Issue 15: Set the fallback URL for google extensions/components to componentupdater.brave.com. #16
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componentupdater.brave.com. CRLSets which is maintained by google will be enabled by default in Brave to handle revoked certificates. To prevent any connections to google servers by default we are setting the fallback URL for google extensions and components to componentupdater.brave.com which removes any user identifiable information before forwarding the requests to the google component update server. More details here: brave/brave-browser#518 auditors: @bbondy, @bsclifton, @diracdeltas
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Fix #15
Description
CRLSets which is maintained by google will be enabled by default in Brave to handle revoked certificates on all platforms. To prevent any connections to google servers by default we are setting the fallback URL for google extensions and components to componentupdater.brave.com which removes any user identifiable information before forwarding the requests to the google component update server.
More details here: brave/brave-browser#518
auditors: @bbondy, @bsclifton, @diracdeltas
CRLSets PR: brave/brave-core#1581
Feel free to DM if you need more info.
Test Plan
Before CRLSets
MacOS:
Linux:
Windows:
After CRLSets
MacOS:
Linux:
Windows: