[CyberFreak]

If you are a user of the Web Of Trust (WOT) add-on, you might want to uninstall it. Seems they have been selling users data without properly annonymizing it. The extension has also been apparently pulled from FireFox's add-on site aswell as Google Chrome's extension store.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37909126

[FuZyOn]

Yeah, just uninstalled it after they were asking for extra permissions. That seemed kind of obtrusive. Glad I got rid of it before something bad happened.

[thisnthat]

Web of something... but not so much "trust" after all, hmmm? Thanks for the warning, CyberFreak.

I don't trust anybody online with my info, lol.

[shamzblueworld]

Gladly I never used it. Web of "Trust"... Ironic isn't it?

[germainebull]

Gladly I never used it. Web of "Trust"... Ironic isn't it?

Yes. As ironic as it can get. It appears there's nothing trustworthy about this addon.

Thanks OP for alerting us.

[MeowsePad]

How crazy! The "trust" part is ironic, as others pointed out, because people trusted them with their data and were betrayed! It is sad that companies can get away with doing this sort of thing.

[CyberFreak]

It is a bit shocking when a company is focused on determining the trust of all sites on the internet yet themselves can't be trusted. I suppose the lesson is to not trust anything... including the good guys that seem to be on your side fighting for what you believe in.

[sprite1950]

It is a bit shocking when a company is focused on determining the trust of all sites on the internet yet themselves can't be trusted. I suppose the lesson is to not trust anything... including the good guys that seem to be on your side fighting for what you believe in.

Which brings us back to politics! Everywhere you look there is someone waiting to scam us. It's hard to believe anything we hear these days.