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==Introduction One (1) - Why was this made?==

Simply because of the lack of new guides being added, or simply, because other guides on the [[wikipedia:Clearnet_(networking)|clearnet]] are, most likely, unreliable. There are many reasons why, however, I (The original author, aka contributor) want to make it clear that this is simply a guide for anyone seeking privacy, and/or anonymity, even though we (The Consumer Rights Wiki) already have a page dedicated to this in the [https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page main page], but that is a issue on it's own as it isn't universal. It was made, and in summery, to provide an alternative to other mainstream platforms such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to improve on those ideas and to provide basic to advanced consumer-level privacy and anonymity services, and software, that I (Original Author), recommend based on my (Original Author) experience and other sources that I may have viewed on the [[wikipedia:Darknet|darknet]] (Which may be depending on the credibility on the sources, it still provides the valuable information out, as of current writing).

Simply because of the lack of new guides being added, or simply, because other guides on the [[wikipedia:Clearnet_(networking)|clearnet]] are, most likely, unreliable. There are many reasons why, however, I (The original author, aka contributor) want to make it clear that this is simply a guide for anyone seeking privacy, and/or anonymity, even though we (The Consumer Rights Wiki) already have a page dedicated to this in the [https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page main page], but that is an issue on it's own as it isn't universal. It was made, and in summery, to provide an alternative to other mainstream platforms such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to improve on those ideas and to provide basic to advanced consumer-level privacy and anonymity services, and software, that I (Original Author), recommend based on my (Original Author) experience and other sources that I may have viewed on the [[wikipedia:Darknet|darknet]] (Which may be depending on the credibility on the sources, it still provides the valuable information out, as of current writing).

Summary: It was made to provide an alternative to popular mainstream privacy sources such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to combat inaccuracies and misleading information. While there is a Consumer Tools page, it is not universal and is short to be fully used for consumer privacy and security, which is lacking. This guide is designed for average daily consumer that just wants to get away with Big Tech, or consumer violations.

===Why not security? Why isn't it mentioned?===

It can go both ways, either you use a Operating System (E.g [[Apple|MacOS]]) that is still maintained and is considered the "best of the best" in terms of security, while it is moderately privacy friendly, it still can perform actions that may be considered "Privacy Invasive" or "Surveillance Software" such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Surveillance scanning your files] such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Backdoors documents] uploaded to cloud for example, or having access to your local files.<ref>{{Cite news |first=ldsandon |date=February 24th, 2016. |title=Scaring: Windows 10 lets Microsoft access your own local files |url=https://www.sandon.it/node/104 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325072357/http://www.sandon.it/node/104 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=August 26th, 2025 |work=Sandon}}</ref>

It can go both ways, either you use an Operating System (E.g [[Apple|MacOS]]) that is still maintained and is considered the "best of the best" in terms of security, while it is moderately privacy friendly, it still can perform actions that may be considered "Privacy Invasive" or "Surveillance Software" such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Surveillance scanning your files] such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Backdoors documents] uploaded to cloud for example, or having access to your local files.<ref>{{Cite news |first=ldsandon |date=February 24th, 2016. |title=Scaring: Windows 10 lets Microsoft access your own local files |url=https://www.sandon.it/node/104 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325072357/http://www.sandon.it/node/104 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=August 26th, 2025 |work=Sandon}}</ref>

Either way, security is also important in this guide, also. But, what is important is you, the consumer, should understand that, while it may become popularized in the future (Privacy & Anonymity), there are other software services that offer security (Maintained, or Design) such those that are still updated or have by-design features such as [[wikipedia:Plausible_deniability|plausible deniability]] or [[wikipedia:Virtualization|virtualization]]. Either way, any software listed here is maintained, and those that are not are removed and instead replaced with a up-to-date version.

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Because many of us (you the viewer and the wiki contributors) know that they simply cannot be trusted, no matter what. You may have seen that [[Google]] is introducing an [[Android]] "certified devices" update regarding [[Google|Google Play]] when [[Google plans to restrict sideloading of Android apps|developers have to verify themselves]] and to prevent side-loading. Which, in the process of verification, it can lead into [[de-anonymization]]. Another one, [[Microsoft]] acknowledged the fact that what Windows 10 is doing is illegal in terms of privacy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davey |first=Winder |date=Aug 28, 2019, 03:40am EDT |title=Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Privacy Investigation With A $4 Billion Sting |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/28/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-privacy-investigation-with-a-4-billion-sting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/28/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-privacy-investigation-with-a-4-billion-sting/ |archive-date=May 7th, 2025 |access-date=August 28th, 2025 |work=Forbes}}</ref> Or how about [[Mozilla]], having their [[firefox]] to have a [[terms of service]] ([[Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox|2]]) because they are an [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising/ advertising company]. How about [[Apple]] having their MacOS having an increased [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ84qw4ZMxc surveillance capabilities]. There are many examples of this and honestly, there are '''many reasons why you should not trust big tech corporations''' like these.

You might ask yourself: "Which one should I trust?" The answer depends, and will most likely lead to it being '''no'''. But the issue itself is that, while you may have seen [[Proton]] advertised everywhere, including their sponsors online, such as [https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN], or their password manager [https://proton.me/pass Proton Pass]. However, nobody should be trusting an marketing strategy. But for now, they should be "trustworthy" as of the current writing.

You might ask yourself: "Which one should I trust?" The answer depends, and will most likely lead to it being '''no'''. But the issue itself is that, while you may have seen [[Proton]] advertised everywhere, including their sponsors online, such as [https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN], or their password manager [https://proton.me/pass Proton Pass]. However, nobody should be trusting a marketing strategy. But for now, they should be "trustworthy" as of the current writing.

For now this will be a list of "trusted*" corporations that we the contributors put into.

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 ==Introduction One (1) - Why was this made?==
-Simply because of the lack of new guides being added, or simply, because other guides on the [[wikipedia:Clearnet_(networking)|clearnet]] are, most likely, unreliable. There are many reasons why, however, I (The original author, aka contributor) want to make it clear that this is simply a guide for anyone seeking privacy, and/or anonymity, even though we (The Consumer Rights Wiki) already have a page dedicated to this in the [https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page main page], but that is a issue on it's own as it isn't universal. It was made, and in summery, to provide an alternative to other mainstream platforms such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to improve on those ideas and to provide basic to advanced consumer-level privacy and anonymity services, and software, that I (Original Author), recommend based on my (Original Author) experience and other sources that I may have viewed on the [[wikipedia:Darknet|darknet]] (Which may be depending on the credibility on the sources, it still provides the valuable information out, as of current writing).
+Simply because of the lack of new guides being added, or simply, because other guides on the [[wikipedia:Clearnet_(networking)|clearnet]] are, most likely, unreliable. There are many reasons why, however, I (The original author, aka contributor) want to make it clear that this is simply a guide for anyone seeking privacy, and/or anonymity, even though we (The Consumer Rights Wiki) already have a page dedicated to this in the [https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page main page], but that is an issue on it's own as it isn't universal. It was made, and in summery, to provide an alternative to other mainstream platforms such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to improve on those ideas and to provide basic to advanced consumer-level privacy and anonymity services, and software, that I (Original Author), recommend based on my (Original Author) experience and other sources that I may have viewed on the [[wikipedia:Darknet|darknet]] (Which may be depending on the credibility on the sources, it still provides the valuable information out, as of current writing).
 Summary: It was made to provide an alternative to popular mainstream privacy sources such as [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ PrivacyGuides.org] and [https://www.privacytools.io/ PrivacyTools.io], to combat inaccuracies and misleading information. While there is a Consumer Tools page, it is not universal and is short to be fully used for consumer privacy and security, which is lacking. This guide is designed for average daily consumer that just wants to get away with Big Tech, or consumer violations.
 ===Why not security? Why isn't it mentioned?===
-It can go both ways, either you use a Operating System (E.g [[Apple|MacOS]]) that is still maintained and is considered the "best of the best" in terms of security, while it is moderately privacy friendly, it still can perform actions that may be considered "Privacy Invasive" or "Surveillance Software" such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Surveillance scanning your files] such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Backdoors documents] uploaded to cloud for example, or having access to your local files.<ref>{{Cite news |first=ldsandon |date=February 24th, 2016. |title=Scaring: Windows 10 lets Microsoft access your own local files |url=https://www.sandon.it/node/104 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325072357/http://www.sandon.it/node/104 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=August 26th, 2025 |work=Sandon}}</ref>
+It can go both ways, either you use an Operating System (E.g [[Apple|MacOS]]) that is still maintained and is considered the "best of the best" in terms of security, while it is moderately privacy friendly, it still can perform actions that may be considered "Privacy Invasive" or "Surveillance Software" such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Surveillance scanning your files] such as [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Windows_Backdoors documents] uploaded to cloud for example, or having access to your local files.<ref>{{Cite news |first=ldsandon |date=February 24th, 2016. |title=Scaring: Windows 10 lets Microsoft access your own local files |url=https://www.sandon.it/node/104 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325072357/http://www.sandon.it/node/104 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=August 26th, 2025 |work=Sandon}}</ref>
 Either way, security is also important in this guide, also. But, what is important is you, the consumer, should understand that, while it may become popularized in the future (Privacy & Anonymity), there are other software services that offer security (Maintained, or Design) such those that are still updated or have by-design features such as [[wikipedia:Plausible_deniability|plausible deniability]]  or [[wikipedia:Virtualization|virtualization]]. Either way, any software listed here is maintained, and those that are not are removed and instead replaced with a up-to-date version.
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 Because many of us (you the viewer and the wiki contributors) know that they simply cannot be trusted, no matter what. You may have seen that [[Google]] is introducing an [[Android]] "certified devices" update regarding [[Google|Google Play]] when [[Google plans to restrict sideloading of Android apps|developers have to verify themselves]] and to prevent side-loading. Which, in the process of verification, it can lead into [[de-anonymization]]. Another one, [[Microsoft]] acknowledged the fact that what Windows 10 is doing is illegal in terms of privacy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davey |first=Winder |date=Aug 28, 2019, 03:40am EDT |title=Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Privacy Investigation With A $4 Billion Sting |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/28/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-privacy-investigation-with-a-4-billion-sting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/28/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-privacy-investigation-with-a-4-billion-sting/ |archive-date=May 7th, 2025 |access-date=August 28th, 2025 |work=Forbes}}</ref> Or how about [[Mozilla]], having their [[firefox]] to have a [[terms of service]] ([[Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox|2]]) because they are an [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising/ advertising company]. How about [[Apple]] having their MacOS having an increased [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ84qw4ZMxc surveillance capabilities]. There are many examples of this and honestly, there are '''many reasons why you should not trust big tech corporations''' like these.
-You might ask yourself: "Which one should I trust?" The answer depends, and will most likely lead to it being '''no'''. But the issue itself is that, while you may have seen [[Proton]] advertised everywhere, including their sponsors online, such as [https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN], or their password manager [https://proton.me/pass Proton Pass]. However, nobody should be trusting an marketing strategy. But for now, they should be "trustworthy" as of the current writing.
+You might ask yourself: "Which one should I trust?" The answer depends, and will most likely lead to it being '''no'''. But the issue itself is that, while you may have seen [[Proton]] advertised everywhere, including their sponsors online, such as [https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN], or their password manager [https://proton.me/pass Proton Pass]. However, nobody should be trusting a marketing strategy. But for now, they should be "trustworthy" as of the current writing.
 For now this will be a list of "trusted*" corporations that we the contributors put into.