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		dooglius on July 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad... I didn't realize Bloom filters were used in this way. Thinking adversarially for a moment, doesn't this provide an easy way to get a target website marked as a false positive?

advance512 on July 25, 2020 | [–]

After a positive result is returned for a URL, a verification is done with Google's servers to see the positive is not a false positive.

a1369209993 on July 25, 2020 | [–]

Thinking more adversarially, doesn't this provide an easy way to track anyone who visits a target website?

dooglius on July 25, 2020 | [–]

Based on advance512's answer, it sounds that way.

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