Customer Privacy Guide

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This guide is meant for, either internet online consumers, or people looking for an alternative. I (the original author) do not endorse any sensitive activity and is not responsible for any damages that may have caused. This is meant to be a longer and insightful version of the one found in the Main_Page that needs improving. It can go separate ways.

Introduction One (1) - Why was this made?

Simply because of the lack of new guides being added, or simply, because other guides on the 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 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 PrivacyGuides.org and 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 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 PrivacyGuides.org and 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 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 actions that may be considered "Privacy Invasive" or "Surveillance Software" such as scanning your files such as documents uploaded to cloud for example, or having access to your local files.

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 plausible deniability or 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.

Why should I read this guide? Why should I trust it?

Because whatever we (Author or contributor) say in this guide does or does not have a merit on its own. So it is recommended to research it yourself if it contains inaccuracies or out of date information that does not fit well in this said guide, as we (Author or contributors) are trying our best to find information that is important for you, as a consumer or somebody online looking for an alternative, to be introduced with software and information that we may see fit, whenever relevant or not. Also, the trust thingy, take things with a grain of salt, whatever we say (Contributors) may be inaccurate or out of date, and in some cases, misleading. However, this one should act as a form a recommendation base, and especially a knowledge base, for many reasons that we may include here. We are also trying our best to be wiki-friendly when possible.

Introduction Two (2) - Recommended sources

While it may be irrelevant, it is important to read other sources that we may list here (Credibility varies, excluding PrivacyGuides or PrivacyTools). The sources I or we will list is as follows: