Template talk:Main Page/Consumer Tools

Multiple improvements

I noticed this list seems to be pretty outdated. I thought of several changes that could improve this list:

1. LocalCDN is useless according to arkenfox dev (fingerprinting expert).
2. Remove https://www.scamadviser.com/ - another one of those useless sites for determining safety. So many false positives. The highlights it produces have so much room for error, they arent accurate measurements of risk. Its more effective to report actual scams/badware sites to uAssets so it can be blocked for everyone using it.
3. Include Triage, preferrably in front of VT, as it tends to be better. Also remove the mention of using these to scan websites. Scanning websites proves nothing and is useless for determining safety. Sticking to uBO badware lists and trusted sites in several established online wikis is the way to go.
4. For archive.today, the examples used are outdated, and the use of the word "excluded" isnt really meaningful. archive.today cant archive new twitter threads, but its good for reddit, and is especially useful for paywalled articles from many sites. Could be changed to "... Smaller internet archival service for unsupported IA websites (e.g: Reddit, Paywalled Articles, Facebook)". Facebook is only partially working (cant use image carousel, cant expand comment replies) so you you may or may not want to still keep that, I personally wouldnt.
5. Under "dark pattern tracking" add https://privacyspy.org/ under (or above) TOSDR. Its better in some cases, so if TOSDR doesn't have what you're looking for, this might.
6. Also add https://games.productartistry.com/games/dark-patterns which is another "dark pattern detective" kind of site. Havent tried it in a while, things might have changed, I know the dev was very receptive of feedback on a HN post at least. Worth testing again before adding.

That is all. Hugo9655 (talk) 13:39, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

I've changed the protection of this list such that you (and other autoconfirmed users) can edit it. The points you've made all seem reasonable!

I assume archive.today can archive twitter if you archive the xcancel.com mirror of whatever you're wanting to archive on twitter? Keith (talk) 15:33, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey. Didnt think to use frontends, xcancel specifically got stuck at the "verifying request" page, but another one i tried (nitter.net) works fine. Still mention twitter then, but clarify that it works best with frontends only.

Did you mean access to this discussion here or the tools page itself? Hugo9655 (talk) 16:29, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Keith that won't work as cascading protection is turned on for the main page, which means that everything transcluded there won't be editable too like the main page no matter the protection settings. I'll fix it now AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 18:01, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Hugo9655 should work now AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 18:07, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Cool, ty. Hugo9655 (talk) 18:58, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Keith (talk) 01:41, 10 November 2025 (UTC)