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Re: google in my app

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From Joao Rodrigues <jr.c.l.js@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: google in my app
Date Wed, 2 Oct 2019 22:40:47 -0300
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On 30/09/2019 10:23, JJ wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:32:57 +1000, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> I have a web site, which uses no google features, that I'm testing using
>> a tool that intercepts and displays all the HTTP endpoints, redirects...
>>
>> When I go a different page within the site one of the GETs is to
>>
>> https://clients1.google.com/tbproxy/af/query?q=Chc2...
>>
>> I don't understand why the site is querying google servers. Is it
>> because I'm testing with Chrome?
>>
>> How do I find out how what (and why) google thinks the site needs to GET
>> from them (the query string being encrypted)?
>>
>> Andrew Poulos
> 
> That's Chrome's Auto Fill feature. It's technically an Auto Suggest / Auto
> Complete feature which pulls suggestions from remote server. This also
> applies to all Chromium based web browsers.
> 
> Check the settings in `chrome://flags/` for all settings related auto fill /
> auto suggest / auto complete which involve remote server.
> 

As JJ posted earlier, it's the autofill download manager used in Chromium:

https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/autofill/core/browser/autofill_download_manager.cc?q=tbproxy&sq=package:chromium&l=48

Line: 97

const char kDefaultAutofillServerURL[] =
     "https://clients1.google.com/tbproxy/af/";

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google in my app Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2019-09-30 14:32 +1000
  Re: google in my app "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-09-29 21:51 -0700
  Re: google in my app Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-09-30 03:38 -0700
    Re: google in my app Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2019-10-01 11:52 +1000
  Re: google in my app JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2019-09-30 20:23 +0700
    Re: google in my app Joao Rodrigues <jr.c.l.js@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 22:40 -0300
  Re: google in my app Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-10-01 08:23 +0200

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