Fail: Google says Google.com is 'partially dangerous'

A Google 'Safe Browsing' report says Google.com is 'partially dangerous.' Yes, yes, hilarious fail, but there is a serious side to the story.

[Developing story: Updated 5:35 am PT with Google's advice]

Obviously, it's caused countless ironic jokes at Google's expense. But in a sense, its report is actually correct -- there is a lot of risky stuff on Google's user-generated-content properties. Blogspot, Groups, Drive, Sites... even Google Plus (although that's a ghost town, natch). It's a hot mess.

Here's the thing: When users get used to spurious warnings popping up, they quickly ignore them. That's well documented. Nope, the sky isn't falling, so how can we best protect users from the nastier corners of the Web? 

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