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WOT ("web of trust") is a spyware disguised as a website reputation rating tool and was one of
Mozilla’s most popular add-ons. It is packaged in Debian as xul-ext-wot.

== Background ==
WOT has been changed by upstream in 2015-04 to pass all complete URLs with an additional user
or browser id to their company server. The company sells the data unfiltered and unanonimized
to paying customers.

== What to do? ==
Deinstall WOT now:

$ sudo apt remove xul-ext-wot

and restart Firefox/Iceweasel.

Debian will replace the offending package soon with an empty dummy package.
See https://bugs.debian.org/842939

== Links ==

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/09/wot-pulls-browser-extension-after-privacy-failure/
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/wot-addon-wie-ein-browser-addon-seine-nutzer-ausspaeht/ (best article about the issue, in German)
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