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> Since Apple uses a hashed prefix, Google cannot learn which website the user is trying to visit.

That is false. Google produces the hashes and can easily reverse them.

IIRC a non-identifiable portion of the hash is given to the Google, then Google returns a bunch of potential matches with associated safety score, and then it’s up to the client to either block or not.

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