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According to the FAQ[0] of the safe browsing program, they attempt to contact you first, but there is a way to contact them.

  What if you can’t get in touch with 
  the webmaster because they’re not 
  registered with Google Webmaster 
  Tools?

  Every time we add an unsafe site to 
  the list, we make a reasonable 
  effort attempt to inform the 
  webmaster by sending a notification 
  to a standard set of email addresses 
  (e.g., webmaster@[sitename].com; 
  info@[sitename].com; 
  admin@[sitename].com).

  If my website has been compromised 
  and is now unsafe, what can I do?

  We offer advice for webmasters whose 
  sites have been hacked here. It’s 
  best to register your site at Google 
  Webmaster Tools in advance of any 
  problems so that we can notify you 
  promptly and provide more 
  information about the problems we 
  find.

  If you don’t want to use Google 
  Webmaster Tools, you can file 
  appeals with StopBadware.org once 
  you have removed the infection from 
  your site. StopBadware.org also 
  offers great resources for 
  webmasters who want to learn more 
  about what they can do to make their 
  sites safer.
[0]: https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/faq/?...


A while ago I submitted my site for review and provided a contact. I got no response. I also got no such e-mail. In addition it seems they only send you a "notification", i.e. an automatic "We've blocked you" and not a human attempt to resolve the issue. If a human had been viewing my site it would have been 100% clear that there is no malware issue. However, since I do make use of certain HTML5 features after prompting the user, I could see why it causes a trigger if they have some half-baked neural network algorithm trying to identify potential malware based on JavaScript source.

If anyone is wondering, the site is a location-based file sharing app. It makes use of geolocation and file uploading capabilities. Largely a quick experiment, throwing an idea out there just to see if there's any need for such an app. It was running fine for a few months before Google decided to block it.

https://quack.space/ (which gives a malware error now on Chrome)

https://www.producthunt.com/tech/quack-space (ProductHunt page)




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