WebOfTrust removed from Mozilla, Chrome and Firefox webstores due to selling user data to third parties
The WOT Privacy Policy states that your IP, geographic location, device type, operating system, browser, the date and time, Web addresses, and overall browser usage are all collected, but that it is "non-identifiable." But NDR found that it was a simple task to link the anonymized data to individual users of the service. The data retrieved included:
'Web Of Trust' Browser Extension Cannot Be Trusted | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
The WOT Privacy Policy states that your IP, geographic location, device type, operating system, browser, the date and time, Web addresses, and overall browser usage are all collected, but that it is "non-identifiable." But NDR found that it was a simple task to link the anonymized data to individual users of the service. The data retrieved included:
- Account name
- Mail address
- Travel plans
- Illnesses
- Sexual preference
- Drug consumption
- Confidential company information
- Ongoing police investigations
- Browser surfing activity including all sites visited
'Web Of Trust' Browser Extension Cannot Be Trusted | News & Opinion | PCMag.com