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Revision as of 16:31, 14 August 2025
Welcome to the Consumer Rights Wiki
Exposing the overlooked exploitation of modern consumers
Currently serving 780 articles
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:
- 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.
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".
Wemo is a smart home accessory manufacturer founded in 2011 by Belkin. In 2025, they announced the closure of their cloud services for the following year, which affects smart assistant integrations and all devices without Thread or HomeKit protocol support. This renders older devices unusable without locally hosted software such as Home Assistant or HomeBridge.
Want to suggest a featured article? Add it to the discussion page.
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.
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
- PrivacyTools.io – Recommends tools to protect online privacy.
- SimpleOptOut – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
- EasyOptOuts – Automated data broker opt-out service. [Subscription needed]
- Cover Your Tracks – See how trackable your browser is.
- Am I Unique? – Detailed list of device fingerprint.
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.
16 August 2025
- 18:5618:56, 16 August 2025 PROCON (hist | edit) [631 bytes] EriDrimu (talk | contribs) (creates a brief and uncompleted description of PROCON) originally created as "Procon"
- 18:5018:50, 16 August 2025 Target (hist | edit) [2,053 bytes] DropABox (talk | contribs) (Created the Target page, Target has been involved in privacy concerns over the years.)
- 17:1717:17, 16 August 2025 Software bricking (hist | edit) [372 bytes] Winalia (talk | contribs) (added a basic explanation on software bricking) Tag: Visual edit
- 17:1617:16, 16 August 2025 Cox Communications (hist | edit) [3,764 bytes] ArborisArch (talk | contribs) (Added Cox Communications page)
- 16:5216:52, 16 August 2025 Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration (hist | edit) [9,689 bytes] Left4Code (talk | contribs) (Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration Clause)
- 16:4616:46, 16 August 2025 OnePlus (hist | edit) [1,359 bytes] Sat0sh1c (talk | contribs) (adding OnePlus)
- 16:3516:35, 16 August 2025 T Mobile T Life Screen Recording (hist | edit) [507 bytes] Eemon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{IncidentCargo |Company=T Mobile |StartDate=2025-05-22 |Status=Active |ProductLine=T Mobile Phone Plan |Product=T Life App |ArticleType=Service |Type=Cellphone Network, Privacy |Description=T Mobile secretly added a screen recording feature into the T Life app that is automatically enabled. }} {{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}} ==Refe...")
- 16:2416:24, 16 August 2025 Linkage attack (hist | edit) [745 bytes] KINGofINCELS (talk | contribs) (definition of linkage attack which is a method that may be used by companies to identify you) Tag: Visual edit
- 16:0716:07, 16 August 2025 SoundCloud (hist | edit) [3,988 bytes] TripleHaven (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2008-10-28 |Industry=Entertainment |Logo=https://press.soundcloud.com/images/419679/ |Type=Private |Website=https://soundcloud.com/ |Description=Music streaming service. }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]...")
- 15:4715:47, 16 August 2025 Bluedriver app update now requires creating an account to be able to use the scan tool to scan vehicle trouble codes (hist | edit) [737 bytes] 2607:fb91:229f:43bd:ac39:b717:50f1:8ef6 (talk) (As of recent updates to the mobile app, you must now provide an email address and create an account to use a tool the previously did not require it. Seems that the goal is to collect customer data rather than make this an optional feature that would save your scanned information for your convenience as claimed)