{"id":65313,"date":"2016-12-19T18:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T16:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/en\/blog\/?p=65313"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:30:59","slug":"were-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/were-back","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WOTs-on-Chrome.png\" alt=\"Chrome store WOT\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WOTs-on-Chrome.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WOTs-on-Chrome-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WOTs-on-Chrome-768x456.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nDear users,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOT is and always has been about protecting users from dangerous sites and the threats they pose. After taking the WOT add-on off the extension galleries for some much-needed upgrading we are happy to announce that we\u2019re back with a strengthened product, team, and are fully dedicated to making WOT the best and reliable security tool we can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was brought to our attention that our data anonymization techniques were not sufficient<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In response, we immediately took our extension off several add-on galleries while we investigated the issues through a security overhaul to make sure this kind of thing doesn\u2019t happen again. We are proud to announce that after over 6 intense weeks we have created a new version and boosted our anonymization techniques to protect our users. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s coming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to introduce some exciting new features and changes to WOT from a product standpoint as well as a focus standpoint. The threats of today have shifted from what they were 10 years ago when we first launched, and it\u2019s time to adapt. WOT is the natural fit in every user\u2019s security suite next to an antivirus, as it protects users from threats that only the human eye can spot. You, our dedicated community, have powered WOT for more than a decade, and we\u2019re proud to serve you.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a lot of internal searching and hard self-review, we\u2019ve come to the realization that we need to make some changes to WOT as a product for it to remain essential over the next 10 years. We have been developing a strategic product plan internally and soon we\u2019ll be sharing our plan with you in order to bring you into the loop with what\u2019s coming. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve just released a new version of WOT on the Chrome extension gallery which already has several major code updates in order to protect our users privacy and an opt-out option from the user Settings, for users who do not wish to share data with us but still want to have easy access to WOT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re looking forward to making the web a safer place with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sincerely yours,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOT Team<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear users, WOT is and always has been about protecting users from dangerous sites and the threats they pose. 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