"One small step for a man.."
...nah, too much pathos :)
Well...the social networks are trying to do too many things at once without doing them properly. A perfect situation for spammers, malware writers, e.t.c. If they are trying to target those N million users, WOT can also try and reach out to them.
Let the WOT be with you :)
EDIT: I've just thought that there may be a problem with displaying WOT "doughnuts" in MySpace. Their links are all redirected through msplinks domain...
I've just thought that there may be a problem with displaying WOT "doughnuts" in MySpace
Yes, we know. This Twitter experiment is about rating directories on shared hosts, not so much about rating profiles on social sites. Twitter just happens to conveniently have a different directory for each profile, while many other sites don't.
I'm not trying to be Mr. Negative here...but this seems like a
really dangerous idea. Manipulation is much, much easier, since to
gain trust back, just rate a bunch of twitters green, and theres
thousands of them, many of which owned by WOT users. Plus, it could
cause inaccurate activity scores. For example, with the mass rating
tool, I could rate a hundred twitters green, and proabably get a
7800 activity score....
This and making the mass rating tool easier to get...I'm not sure
if I'm liking this track..
A big thank you to all the WOT staff
to gain trust back, just rate a bunch of twitters green
Wait, what gives you the idea that agreeing to a bunch of ratings makes you trusted? Or that the number of ratings has all that much to do with trust either?
For example, with the mass rating tool, I could rate a hundred twitters green
The mass rating tool is available only to Gold level members and above, and it will be removed from anyone who abuses it.
and proabably get a 7800 activity score
Again, activity score has nothing to do with how much your ratings are trusted. It's mostly there for entertainment.
making the mass rating tool easier to get
It's not significantly easier to get to Gold level than it was before.
The primary change in the activity score computation was to make the score more predictable. Before the change, it could be that your score didn't change for a week once you reached the platinum level, no matter how much you rated. This didn't make much sense.
People already do that. I have seen people rating sites like dsgjasdfkjlgh.com and fguhsdfiufgihsfkj.com (these are not real domains, just examples) which never existed.
If you see this happening, report it.
Of course, I can think of one valid reason for rating non-existent domains: if there's malware that contains code for generating a list of potential domains it's going to use in future, it's not a bad idea to block them preemptively even if the domains don't currently exist.
Yeah I will. It's not as if they are power users though so I don't think it's too much of a concern after all.
OK so I clicked on the List for February [2009] and scroll a
little.
I decide to grab 1 domain mstpa.com - Midnight Sun Trophy Pike
Adventures
Wouldn't you know that it went from a green rating to red
because of this list?
OK so I grabbed another domain: ibrcc.com
same WOT rating, same WOT rating date, same red
result
It seems F-Secure doesn't check their lists as to whether or not the domains exist and if so are these websites in fact malicious?
That is one long list and it's only for February of 2009
What about all the domain names fictional and non from previous
months (years?) that are genuine, valid websites that intend no
harm to anyone?
What would happen if mywot.com were added to one of these lists?
with great power comes great responsibility
I'm pretty sure those are the domains that the worm's code generates. It's obviously possible that some of them are innocent bystanders, but that's where user ratings come in. If you believe the reputation is incorrect, you should rate the site. One rating or even an appearance on a blacklist doesn't mean the site is automatically marked dangerous. It depends on how the site has been rated.
What would happen if mywot.com were added to one of these lists?
Probably the same thing that happens when google.com is mistakenly blacklisted (it happens, google.com was last listed in PhishTank last Monday), nothing. There are tons of other ratings vouching for these sites' trustworthiness, which are more than enough to outweigh any single source claiming the opposite.
Edit: 1845 domains currently resolve from the 6999 on F-Secure's list. Of these, five don't seem to be related to the worm, less than a hundred are parked (probably for later use), and the rest point to hosts that are probably infected. This means that >99,7% of the active domains on the list really shouldn't be trusted. I'd say that's pretty decent accuracy.
I'm pretty sure those are the domains that the worm's code generates.
Quote:
Blog reader iautran requested us to post a new Downadup
preemptive blocklist.
Thank you for the reminder sir, it's been a busy month…
Toni has generated a new list of potential domains for the month of February. The list reflects what we think to be the most common variant of Downadup in-the-wild. Click the image below to view the list.
Toni is not a worm; at least not one that transmits via email. LOL!
No, he's an F-Secure employee who probably is a member of the team that analyzes these worms and thus is able to generate a list of domains that it will use in future. Clever, huh?
I think it is a very nice addition! This should work also with other sociables like LinkedIn e.d. :)
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I think that with the number of Twitter users it has to be worth trying and also encourage others to download and use the WOT addon.
It's simple, until you try it you don't know and I'm all for giving it a go :)
I am not a user of twitter but if it has the potential to raise the WOT membership I think it well worth giving it a go.About mass ratings I am sure if someone abused the system the WOT staff would soon know.I have the mass rating tool and have not even bothered using it yet.I prefer to rate sites individualy but thats just my preference.
Twitter profiles get ratings and scorecard!
Individual Twitter accounts now have a rating and scorecard! Most probably inherit their ratings from Twitter now, but just like any other site, you can rate it yourself and invite your friends to rate it. My personal account already has it's own ratings.
When you have Twitter open, click on your profile. That gets your account name in the URL. Then open the add-on to give your rating.
Please follow WOT on Twitter. We'll follow you back. Remember to retweet messages you like.
What do you think about this new addition?