Iako je ova vijest starija od 2 tjedna, nisam o njoj našao ništa na forumu i BOL-u, osim spomena u 2 posta u AV temi (post 1, post2), pa mislim da bi ovo trebalo posebno istaknuti kako bi vidio što veći broj ljudi.
Web of Trust, poznati dodatak za preglednike prodaje osobne podatke korisnika, uključujući povijest preglednika.
According to a report from the German television channel NDR, Web of Trust, one of the top privacy and security extensions out there, collects and sells a bunch of data about your browsing habits and doesn’t anonymize it properly. If you have it installed, it’s best to uninstall it right now.
Downloaded for more than 140 million times, the extension WOT collects and sells the information like user ID, web address, location, time and date. Among other things, data stored by WOT also include the travel details of users, sexual preferences as well as illness of users. This information is sold to the third parties, which is further sent to the interested marketing companies.
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
http://news.thewindowsclub.com/web-of-trust-wot-add-on-taken-down-86981/
http://www.pcmag.com/news/349328/web-of-trust-browser-extension-cannot-be-trusted
http://lifehacker.com/web-of-trust-sells-your-browsing-history-uninstall-it-1788667989
https://www.mywot.com/en/forum/70396--virus-spyware-do-not-install-uninstall-as-soon-as-possible
