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echo: win95
to: all
from: mark lewis
date: 2016-11-09 21:20:00
subject: Web of Trust browser addon

Are you one of the 140 million people who have downloaded Web of Trust
(WoT)? You might want to uninstall it - for now at least.

WoT pulls browser extension after privacy failure

[quote]
    First, it seems that WoT has been collecting the browsing history of
its millions of users and has been selling this data to third parties.

    Second, and even worse, it seems the firm did not properly anonymise
the data it collects on its users, which potentially allows others to
expose the identity of the users and all their personal details.
[/quote]

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/09/wot-pulls-browser-extension-after-privacy-failure/

http://tinyurl.com/pbenm4o

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