Many things found on the internet are low-quality, false, or
dangerous. Users are often asked to make decisions of trust without
any background information. Meta-information about what is good or
trustworthy is traditionally spread by word of mouth, but the vast
quantity of resources encountered online demands a faster means of
distribution. I am developing methods for using a social network of
defined trust relations for individualized automated collection of
metadata. Specifically, I have developed a browser extension that
collects, publishes, and applies this metadata. The extension
presents trusted evaluations of web pages, downloaded files, and
running processes. It also enhances web searching by promoting
highly-rated content within result sets. More information can be
found on the project homepage at
http://www.getoutfoxed.com.
