Browsing unknown websites can often make you feel outside your comfort zone. With the horror stories classically associated with the web — the threat of malware (like viruses and spy-ware), or the risks of letting a minor use the Internet unsupervised — this is not surprising.
Web of Trust uses a simple, three color, traffic light system to let you know if you should exercise caution when you land on a website for the first time.
Using scores generated by Web of Trust’s global community, websites are rated on four criteria: trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety. The aggregated scores appear next to your Awesome Bar as either a red, amber or green ‘O.’ The symbol also appears next to your search listings to warn you of any dangers before you click.
If a site you end up on is rated red — i.e. dangerous — Web of Trust pops up a handy warning, letting you know that the site has a poor reputation and prompts you to confirm that you are aware of the dangers. You can then choose to find out more about the rating details, rate the site yourself or ignore the warning altogether.
You can download the Web of Trust add-on for Firefox for free. Find out more about Web of Trust and check the reputation of a website on Web of Trust’s homepage.
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