On Firefox and Google

oma · Nov 20, 2010

Interesting read! Never thought that Google would be involved in the FF's browser other than their own Google's FF homepage. Bolding is mine.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_5.html

Block reported web forgeries: Similar to the 'attack site' option above, this setting is part of Firefox's Phishing Protection feature. It will raise a prominent warning stating 'Reported Web Forgery' before the page can be loaded or viewed. Once again I strongly recommend enabling this option, as it adds another layer of protection against having your important data (such as bank account or credit card details) stolen if entered on a fraudulent site. As with the attack site protection, it is not foolproof, and should not be relied upon as the sole form of defense or a replacement for using common sense and vigilance.

Both these anti-malware protection and anti-phishing protection features in Firefox are automatically powered by the Google Safe Browsing Service, and there is no option here to change this behavior. This means that aside from maintaining a list of potentially harmful sites held within Firefox itself and regularly updated when online, when you visit a potentially harmful site, the browser may automatically connect to Google's servers to provide more detailed information about it. The link above gives specific details regarding its functionality in Firefox and may address any privacy concerns you have, but ultimately if you don't agree to this approach then your only recourse is either to completely disable these options, or see the browser.safebrowsing.provider preference in the Advanced Tweaking section. It is not recommended that you disable or alter these settings.
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On Firefox and Google

oma MajorGeek