Online Banking: Taking Issue With The New York Times

“There are many approaches to being forewarned that you are on a
bad Website. None are perfect. That said, my favorite is Web of
Trust. The company tries to rate all Websites, an obviously
unattainable goal. Still, they come close enough to make installing
their Web browser plug-in worthwhile. There is one version of the
software for Internet Explorer and another version for Firefox
users. The Firefox extension works on all versions of Windows, Mac
OS X, and Linux.

“WOT ratings are visible in two ways. The software adds a button
to your Web browser that turns green on good Websites, red on bad
ones, and an indeterminate gray on sites they don’t yet have a
rating for. Unfortunately the color change affects only a very
small part of the button and is hard to see.

“You are more likely to run into the WOT ratings next to the
links in search engine results. It puts a green circle next to
links to Websites with a safe rating, red circles next to bad
Websites, and a hard to see gray circle with a question mark next
to sites it’s unsure about. Far better to be warned before heading
off to a malicious Web site. WOT’s circles can also found in
popular Webmail systems.”

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