WOT Web of Trust
Check if a website is safe before you reach it via browser extensions, mobile app and API. Ratings on adult content, scams, malware, etc.
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Yandex.Browser
- Opera
- Firefox
What is WOT Web of Trust?
WOT is a free internet security addon for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari. It uses user ratings to grade sites based on their trustworthiness, respect of user privacy, reliability, and child safety. WOT will warn you about online scams and risky websites that try to deliver malware or send spam.
Warning
Accused to sell the browsing history of its users by German national television.
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- website-feedback
- advisor
- Anti-spam
- Internet Filter
- content-filter
- Review Website
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WOT is very useful, especially when browsing search results on Google or another search engine. I recommend turning off the Child Safety rating though, since at least half of the stuff on the internet is child-inappropriate. :P
Internet really needs a FOSS replacement for WOT, something with a blockchain. Related to Bitcoin/ Ethereum
A rating system would be abused by users who don't like a website. I think a commenting system would be much better. And comments should be rated, so useful comments come up in ranking. Thus the best description of the website would outrank the others.
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found this right now: http://www.blockchainme.com
blockchainMe
Web of Trust Strengthening your social network. Exchange IOU’s/loans with any member based on degrees of trust, and encourage collaboration.
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Lol the site you found is for sale
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According to AlternativeTo, "Warning: Accused to sell the browsing history of its users by German national television."
Just don't use it as web browser extension - website only. It still have very good community database.
So, I always thought the four categories in WoT were quite useless, however I'm not yet aware of a better alternative. I agree with other reviews that the ratings of sites were only as good as the feedback from users, but I value being able to provide feedback even if it's not vetted. It would be better if there were moderators like a forum, it's also necessary for individual pages or products on sites to be individually reviewed separate from the root domain.
I'm still not aware of any alternative that allows users to give direct feedback that's publicly visible, there's got to be something out there? The new Windows Edge browser has some capability to comment on sites you visit so maybe that will help...
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An investigation by German TV channel NDR has uncovered a serious breach of privacy : http://www.pcmag.com/news/349328/web-of-trust-browser-extension-cannot-be-trusted
... look up Facebook.com and you will see that either they belong to Facebook or the users are trolling each other.
Same goes for
Webutation.