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You could get lost looking at all the images here, HJ! Their clipart section is different from most, also. Thanks, HJ!

If you click on the "category" tab, you'll see a sitemap of the categories. There are some neat pictures here for folks making "comments" or "skins". Have Fun!

!!!!!! This is what happened to me when I clicked on this website - and I tried it 3 times - and every time the same thing happened. Be careful. Also Web of Trust doesn't TRUST it!

That doesn't sound good. :^(

Thanks for the warning, Marianne7Sevens. I'll see if I can check it out more.

My security didn't like it either; I think it's one to avoid.

good thing i kept reading the thread. I was about to click the link. Thanks for the heads up.

mine didn't go off, but i did see where wot wasn't in love with the site..

Well, I said I'd try to do more checking, LOL. Now here's the report:

Information from WOT about pics.am view link Reputation ratings are based on real user ratings and they tell you how much other users trust this site.

Trustworthiness, Vendor reliability, and Child Safety all have gray - not enough people rating it. Privacy is red, but the people indicators are gray.

Quote from WOT about "Why don't you show the number of ratings?"
"Contrary to what you may think, the number of ratings won't tell you the reliability of a reputation, and showing it could be misleading. WOT shows you the confidence indicator instead (the small human figures next to each rating symbol.) The confidence value tells you how reliable the rating system considers the reputation. It's based not only on the quantity of ratings, but also the estimated reliability of the users who rated the site. "

Since all the people indicators are gray, apparently WOT doesn't have a lot of confidence in the ratings that were given. There could be a variety of reasons for this (too few people giving ratings, the people are new to the system or gave the rating via a plugin, etc.) So, this doesn't appear to be a big concern at WOT.

One site I know not to trust has a big warning at the top of its page. There isn't a warning message on the pics.am page at WOT. From this information, it appears that WOT has a little concern about privacy issues at pics.am, but is not concerned enough to show a great big Warning sign about them.

McAfee gives pics.am a greenlight. "We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems." Info from McAfee Site Advisor - view link

"4 green downloads - In our tests, we found downloads on this site were free of adware, spyware, and other potentially unwanted programs. . . Linked to green sites - When we visited this site, we found that most of its links are to sites which are safe or have only minor safety/annoyance issues." However, there was one external link in red in their graphic - npjmp.com,

There are criticisms of the Wot ratings system:
"Wikipedia" view link
Interesting conversation in a forum on mywot.com: "Conflicting WOT reports and confusing results" Wed 14 Dec 2011 view link

And, YIKES!, from same Wikepedia site:
"Corporate partnerships

In May 2011 the administrators of the Web of Trust add-on announced a partnership with Facebook. Facebook will integrate the Web of Trust data into its site to warn users of potentially harmful external links posted on users' walls or news feeds.[11]"

OH . . . My . . . Goodness! This looks like something for a new thread, LOL.

Suggestions:
1. Look at the info about the site (if available) at mywot.com to see why WOT shows concern.
2. Use more than one source of info when checking out a website.
3. Consider using other plugins that will warn about or block unsafe sites, tracking cookies and beacons, etc.
4. Be sure your anti-spyware, anti malware, etc. is up-to-date and used properly. (Check out posts/files in the CT&I group for recommendations view link )
5. Consider deleting cookies and clearing history on a regular basis

It's always good to have a heads-up about a site. That way we can check things out for ourselves and decide what to do.

Any other suggestions about sites similar to WOT or McAfee Site Advisor?

ghostery said no tracking cookies, so that gives me a good feeling... warm and fuzzy. lol

byw this page [ eons ] has 5 tracking cookies..