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"Web Of Trust" Information & Commentary
I've long been aware of a free-to-use online service known as Web Of Trust
(or WOT Services). Some of my clients use it in their web browsers. WOT
is yet another tool that purports to offer an opinion on the safety of
web sites as you visit them. It's a reasonable enough goal, if it
actually worked. The very existence of this page should suggest that it
doesn't.
If you use the WOT add on with your
web browser, you've probably noticed it doesn't paint a very rosy
picture of this server. In fact, it'll probably try to stop you from
visiting this site, claiming that it is somehow malicious or inappropriate.
I've been meaning for a while to take a moment and mention that this is utterly false.
There is not, nor has there ever been, anything of a malicious or
inappropriate nature on this site. WOT seemingly chooses to paint sites
by default with a wide brush, and that's the problem. Someone else may
have registered a subdomain on mooo.com that was used for inappropriate
or malicious content. In no way should that tarnish my good name and
reputation!
This site does
cater mainly to an adult (or at least teenage and up) audience because
it contains a large volume of technical material about electronics and
computers that young children would likely not understand or have any
interest in. Some pages, especially those in the "rants" section, do
contain moderate adult language. You will not find nudity, pornography, illegal, malicious, shocking or distasteful content on this server (and if by some chance you do, I want to know.)
I deliberately choose not to run
advertising on this site, and there is no use of anything more
sophisicated than simple static HTML pages. No page on this site that I
have authored contains any active content or Javascript. In a way, it's
a refreshing break from what the World Wide Web has become. As you may
imagine, this serves to greatly reduce the potential for an attack on
your computer.
You will not find any malware on this
site. If your security software says otherwise, you need better
security software, as this probably isn't the only severely misguided
shortcut its designers have taken.
As of this writing in July 2014, the
WOT summary page for this site shows one positive commentary from a
user, and another negative commentary from someone who needs to learn a
lot more about how the Internet works before coloring things with their
ill considered, incorrect opinion. I have never a day in my life
spammed anyone. You will only get e-mail from me if you send me a
message that warrants a reply.
Ultimately, it is your computer and you may run on it the software you
wish. My sincere suggestion is to not use the Web Of Trust extension in
your browser, unless and until its functionality and accuracy improve
considerably.
Thank you for your time.
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