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Latest revision as of 14:19, 28 August 2025
Welcome to the Consumer Rights Wiki
Exposing the overlooked exploitation of modern consumers
Currently serving 880 articles
Categories and links
Browse
Learn
Contribute
How to Help
Your #1 mission: Help build this wiki. We’re looking for contributors who care about protecting consumer rights. Here’s how you can get started:
Write a new article
- Visit the article suggestions page.
- Pick a topic that interests you.
- Create an article using our content guidelines.
- Once you’re done, remove the topic from the list to avoid duplication.
Check out our guide on creating your first article for some tips!
Other ways to help
Don’t want to write a full article? No problem, here are other ways to contribute:
- Check out How to help for a guide.
- Improve and expand existing articles.
- Remove suggestions that are already covered or don’t fit the wiki’s scope.
- Add missing but relevant topics to the suggestions list.
Want to understand the bigger picture? Read our Mission Statement to learn what we’re about.
Announcements
2025-07-22
We've just launched an update to the create-a-page flow for most pages, which now includes a form! This new form will collect a few basic details about the specific article you're creating, and will use your answers to auto-populate a table which will provide machine-readable information for third party projects (for company and product articles, it will also populate the infobox in the template!). This information will be used by projects like the in-development browser extension, as well as anyone who wants to access some hard data on the Wiki's pages.
Check it out by hitting the create a page button in the sidebar!
2025-07-03
We're phasing out the Louis Rossmann video directory in favour of a more general Article suggestions page, created by the eminent JamesTDG!
This will allow anyone to contribute their (hopefully sourced!) ideas to the Wiki without needing to create a full article, and will provide an excellent repository of ideas for editors in need of inspiration.
2025-06-10
We're opening up applications for moderators! Please see here for full instructions on how to apply.
In short, we're looking for motivated individuals who are willing to patrol the Wiki, make sure that articles are up to scratch, and take actions to protect the wiki from spam or malicious content whenever appropriate.
2025-01-30
We made it easier for you to create a new article! Simply click on Create a page in the sidebar on the left, fill in the title for your page and click on "Create page".
Current Highlight
A July 2025 firmware update pushed by Echelon Fitness retroactively blocked third-party fitness applications from connecting to their devices. The update affected users of QZ (qdomyos-zwift), an open-source bridging application that enables cross-platform compatibility with fitness platforms like Zwift, Peloton Digital, & others.
Want to suggest a featured article? Add it to the discussion page.
In The News
August 2025
- Clippy the paperclip is taking over profile pics across the internet in protest of big tech – Coverage of the Clippy Campaign
July 2025
- Buy now, pay later loans will now hit credit scores — and experts think Gen Z could be at risk – FICO plans to include BNPL loans in credit scores this fall, raising flags for young and vulnerable borrowers
Want to suggest a story? Add it to the discussion page.
Also see: In the news for coverage about this project.
Consumer Tools
Price & product transparency
- CamelCamelCamel – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
- Keepa – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.
- TrueStar – Analyzes Amazon reviews for manipulation. [Subscription needed]
Subscription & dark pattern tracking
- Trim – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
- Goodbudget – Budgeting app with debt tracker. [Subscription needed]
- Terms of Service; Didn’t Read – Summarizes privacy policies and rates companies by trustworthiness.
- Deceptive Design – Defines, identifies, and catalogs dark patterns and deceptive design practices in various software and services.
- Dark Pattern Games – A game review website devoted to helping you find games that don't use psychological tricks to manipulate you into becoming an addicted gamer.
Privacy & surveillance tools
- PrivacyGuides.org – Recommends tools to protect online privacy.
- SimpleOptOut – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
- EasyOptOuts – Automated data broker opt-out service. [Subscription needed]
Ad & tracking blockers
- Pi-hole – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
- uBlock Origin – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
- LocalCDN – Replaces third-party CDNs with local resources to block trackers.
Corporate accountability & recalls
- Better Business Bureau (BBB) – Lookup business complaints and file your own.
- SaferProducts.gov – U.S. product recall and complaint site.
- FDA Recalls – Drug and food recall database.
Anti-scam resources
- Have I Been Pwned – Check if your email/password was exposed in a breach.
- CFPB – File complaints and view alerts about financial services.
- ScamAdviser – Analyze websites for trustworthiness.
- VirusTotal/Hybryd Analysis – Scan files and websites for malware.
Legal & complaint filing
- Consumer Reports – Independent product reviews and ratings.
- Ripoff Report – Public consumer complaint database.
- ClassAction.org – View or join consumer class-action lawsuits.
New Pages
1 September 2025
- 19:1219:12, 1 September 2025 Google Jamboard (hist | edit) [909 bytes] Louis (talk | contribs) (beginning scrap)
- 17:5617:56, 1 September 2025 Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Solution for archiving websites in a verifiable and robust way (hist | edit) [1,097 bytes] LeaMonera (talk | contribs) (Decentralized Digital Signatures) originally created as "Solution for Archiving Websites Edits in a Verifiable Way"
- 09:0809:08, 1 September 2025 Changes to the ToS of Google's Local Services Ads introduce collection of sensitive call data (hist | edit) [3,067 bytes] Guacamole (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{IncidentCargo |Company=Google |StartDate=2025-04-01 }} {{Ph-I-Int}} ==Background== {{Ph-I-B}} ==[Incident]== {{Ph-I-I}} ===[Company]'s response=== {{Ph-I-ComR}} ==Lawsuit== {{Ph-I-L}} ==Consumer response== {{Ph-I-ConR}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Ph-I-C}}")
- 07:2107:21, 1 September 2025 Pixel 5a (hist | edit) [531 bytes] 2607:fb90:5506:c06:107e:7480:2a76:b9b (talk) (Created page with "Stub: This phone was infamous for bricking after 1-2 years and the issue was swept under the rug with an extended warranty program. The Pixel 5a is acknowledged to have a high incidence rate of motherboard failures, causing power issues resulting in a blank or black screen. As a response, Google Pixel implemented an extended 2 year repair warranty for this problem in the 5a beyond the standard 1 year Google Hardware Warranty.[11] https://support.google.com/pixelphone/a...")
- 05:2305:23, 1 September 2025 TracFone Phones (hist | edit) [1,148 bytes] 159.26.119.159 (talk) (A carrier that "sells" low-end smartphones that are not actually yours)
- 04:5204:52, 1 September 2025 3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth) (hist | edit) [2,227 bytes] Gandalf (talk | contribs) (A company formerly known as 3B Medical, now operating as React Health, previously offered a free online platform that allowed users of its CPAP and BiPAP machines to upload device files and view detailed usage and compliance data. This service was accessible through a public website and enabled patients to independently review their therapy information without relying on a durable medical equipment (DME) provider or physician’s office. Following the company’s rebranding to React Health, the onl)
- 04:4404:44, 1 September 2025 Ebikes require giving your data to the motor company to have full adjustment via an App over motor behaviour. (hist | edit) [3,481 bytes] Alexbiketester (talk | contribs) (The ebike industry is booming, with one side effect being companies producing ebike motors which to gain full access to their features you must)
- 01:2901:29, 1 September 2025 JetBlue Travel Credits are Anti-Consumer (hist | edit) [2,736 bytes] PaperclipFan (talk | contribs) (JetBlue's travel credits are anti-consumer due to their restrictive and devaluing nature compared to a cash refund. These limitations lock customers into future business with the airline, effectively removing their purchasing power while allowing JetBlue to hold onto cash for services it did not provide.)
- 00:4800:48, 1 September 2025 Age Verification (hist | edit) [2,223 bytes] Vandetta (talk | contribs) (rough draft of Age Verification theme article) Tag: Visual edit
31 August 2025
- 21:1221:12, 31 August 2025 NewAir Countertop Ice Maker (hist | edit) [1,712 bytes] TheNoobieWaffle (talk | contribs) (Initial page creation)