WOT - the evil service

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smaragdus
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WOT - the evil service

#1 Post by smaragdus »

I never trusted it and I always hated it and I finally I can prove that WOT is evil.

Your browsing history may have been sold already

Mozilla and Google remove WOT extension from Store

Both Mozilla and Google removed it- a good riddance but this happened too late.

Wikipedia also mentions about the revelation.

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#2 Post by joby_toss »

Never used this extension... I wonder what other extensions silently collect user data (e.g. Ghostery is owned by Evidon)...

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Another high potential cooperation based idea bites the dust -- shot down by corporate greed... :cry:

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