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=== Price & product transparency ===
* [https://camelcamelcamel.com/ CamelCamelCamel] – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
* [https://keepa.com/ Keepa] – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.
* [http://truestar.pro/ TrueStar] – Analyzes Amazon reviews for manipulation. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
=== Subscription & dark pattern tracking ===
* [https://www.asktrim.com/ Trim] – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
* [https://goodbudget.com Goodbudget] – Budgeting app with debt tracker. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
* [https://tosdr.org/ Terms of Service; Didn’t Read] – Summarizes privacy policies and rates companies by trustworthiness.
* [https://www.deceptive.design/ Deceptive Design] – Defines, identifies, and catalogs dark patterns and deceptive design practices in various software and services.
* [https://www.darkpattern.games/ 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 ===
* [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] – Recommends tools to protect online privacy.
* [https://simpleoptout.com/ SimpleOptOut] – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
**[https://easyoptouts.com/ EasyOptOuts] – Automated data broker opt-out service. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
=== Ad & tracking blockers ===
=== Ad & tracking blockers ===
* [https://pi-hole.net/ Pi-hole] – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
* [https://pi-hole.net/ Pi-hole] – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
* [https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock uBlock Origin] – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
* [https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock uBlock Origin] – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
* [https://codeberg.org/nobody/LocalCDN LocalCDN] – Replaces third-party CDNs with local resources to block trackers.
* [https://codeberg.org/nobody/LocalCDN LocalCDN] – Replaces third-party CDNs with local resources to block trackers.
=== Corporate accountability & recalls ===
* [https://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau (BBB)] – Lookup business complaints and file your own.
* [https://www.saferproducts.gov/ SaferProducts.gov] – U.S. product recall and complaint site.
* [https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts FDA Recalls] – Drug and food recall database.


=== Anti-scam resources ===
=== Anti-scam resources ===
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* [https://www.scamadviser.com/ ScamAdviser] – Analyze websites for trustworthiness.
* [https://www.scamadviser.com/ ScamAdviser] – Analyze websites for trustworthiness.
* [https://virustotal.com/ VirusTotal]/[https://hybrid-analysis.com Hybryd Analysis] – Scan files and websites for malware.
* [https://virustotal.com/ VirusTotal]/[https://hybrid-analysis.com Hybryd Analysis] – Scan files and websites for malware.
=== Archival tools ===
*[https://archive.org Wayback Machine] - World’s largest internet archival service
*[https://archive.today archive.today] - Smaller internet archival service for excluded websites (ex: Twitter/X, Facebook)
*[https://www.getsinglefile.com/ SingleFile] - Browser extension to save website EULA/privacy policy as html locally
*[http://archivebox.io/ ArchiveBox] - Self-hosted website archival tool
=== Corporate accountability & recalls ===
* [https://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau (BBB)] – Lookup business complaints and file your own.
* [https://www.saferproducts.gov/ SaferProducts.gov] – U.S. product recall and complaint site.
* [https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts FDA Recalls] – Drug and food recall database.


=== Legal & complaint filing ===
=== Legal & complaint filing ===
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* [https://www.ripoffreport.com/ Ripoff Report] – Public consumer complaint database.
* [https://www.ripoffreport.com/ Ripoff Report] – Public consumer complaint database.
* [https://www.classaction.org/ ClassAction.org] – View or join consumer class-action lawsuits.
* [https://www.classaction.org/ ClassAction.org] – View or join consumer class-action lawsuits.
=== Price & product transparency ===
* [https://camelcamelcamel.com/ CamelCamelCamel] – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
* [https://keepa.com/ Keepa] – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.
* [http://truestar.pro/ TrueStar] – Analyzes Amazon reviews for manipulation. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
=== Privacy & surveillance tools ===
* [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] – Recommends tools to protect online privacy.
* [https://simpleoptout.com/ SimpleOptOut] – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
**[https://easyoptouts.com/ EasyOptOuts] – Automated data broker opt-out service. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
=== Subscription & dark pattern tracking ===
* [https://www.asktrim.com/ Trim] – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
* [https://goodbudget.com Goodbudget] – Budgeting app with debt tracker. <small>'''[Subscription needed]'''</small>
* [https://tosdr.org/ Terms of Service; Didn’t Read] – Summarizes privacy policies and rates companies by trustworthiness.
* [https://www.deceptive.design/ Deceptive Design] – Defines, identifies, and catalogs dark patterns and deceptive design practices in various software and services.
* [https://www.darkpattern.games/ 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.
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