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Ad & tracking blockers

• • Pi-hole – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
  • uBlock Origin – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
  • Adnauseum - Browser-based ad and tracker blocker built off of uBlock Origin that also clicks ads to obscure your digital fingerprint.

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.
  • VirusTotal / Hybrid Analysis – Scan files for potential malware.
  • Triage – Online sandbox for analyzing executables.

Archival tools

• • Wayback Machine – World's largest internet archival service
  • Ghost Archive – Secondary archival service.
  • Megalodon – Secondary, Japanese archival service. Can archive YouTube comments.
  • PreserveTube – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
  • SingleFile – Browser extension to save website EULA/privacy policy as html locally
  • ArchiveBox – Self-hosted website archival tool

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.
  • Safety Gate – EU product recall and report site.

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.

Repair & Open designs

• • iFixit – Open repository of device repair instructions.
  • Open Source Ecology – Open source machinery designs.

Price & product transparency

• • CamelCamelCamel – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
  • Keepa – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.

Privacy & surveillance tools

• • SimpleOptOut – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
  • [$] EasyOptOuts – Automated data broker opt-out service.
  • Exodus Privacy - Analyzes privacy concerns in Android applications. Discover unwanted permissions and tracking libraries in common apps.

Subscription & dark pattern tracking

• • Trim – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
  • [$] Goodbudget – Budgeting app with debt tracker.
  • Terms of Service; Didn't Read / PrivacySpy – 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.

[$] – paid service, subscription needed