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Announcements

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.

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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".

Current Highlight

Wemo

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.

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In The News

August 2025

Clippy the paperclip is taking over profile pics across the internet in protest of big tech – Coverage of the Clippy Campaign

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.

Also see: In the news for coverage about this project.

Consumer Tools

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

PrivacyGuides.org – 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.

New Pages

00:1500:15, 25 August 2025 Audible enrolled Amazon customers in Audible memberships without their knowledge or consent (hist | edit) [1,231 bytes] Grevious (talk | contribs) (Audible enrolled Amazon customers in Audible memberships without their knowledge or consent)

22:1722:17, 24 August 2025 Microsoft weakens customers' cybersecurity (hist | edit) [641 bytes] Angad (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{IncidentCargo |Company=Microsoft |StartDate=2023 |Status=Active |ProductLine=Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Cloud Services |Product=Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Azure Licensing |ArticleType=Service |Type=Cybersecurity Breach, Anticompetitive Behavior |Description=In 2023, a China-linked actor accessed the cloud emails of U.S. government officials. The DHS Cyber Safety Review Board later called it "preventable." }} {{Ph-I-Int}} ==Background== {{Ph-I-B}} =...")
21:4121:41, 24 August 2025 ID.me (hist | edit) [10,047 bytes] Mr Pollo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2010 |Industry=Identity verification |Logo=ID.me.svg |Type=Private |Website=https://id.me |Description=Privately-owned identity verification service used by businesses, colleges, and government agencies. }} {{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:{{FULL...")
20:0720:07, 24 August 2025 Thrive Market (hist | edit) [4,051 bytes] MdotR (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2014 |Industry=E-commerce (membership-based) |Website=https://www.thrivemarket.com/ |Description=Thrive Market is an American e-commerce membership-based retailer offering natural and organic food products. Based out of Los Angeles. }} {{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 fo...")
15:3915:39, 24 August 2025 Ekkorr Games - Terms of Use - User Content and User Interaction (hist | edit) [5,028 bytes] FoxInTheBox12 (talk | contribs) (On 9/3/2018 Ekkorr Games included a direct connection to a discord comminity for Endless Frontier (Mobile game). Doing so has subsequently placed the Discord under the Terms of Use of the game which permits Ekkorr to moderate, monitor, review, and record any User made Content through services provided by Ekkor, which now includes the community made, not affiliated, discord.)
14:4514:45, 24 August 2025 The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices (hist | edit) [7,663 bytes] Rampant-quack-painting (talk | contribs) (The design choices of the IT-Wallet make it only accessible to citizens using either the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play Store (for Android devices). Android users that download the app from the Play Store, cannot use the IT-Wallet anyway unless their device is Google-certified, practically forbidding the use to aftermarket OSes and other non Google-certified devices.)
09:0609:06, 24 August 2025 Spirit Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-In (hist | edit) [786 bytes] Erzaine (talk | contribs) (Spirit Airlines entices app download by hiding online check-in option)
08:5408:54, 24 August 2025 Buy one, get one free (hist | edit) [1,958 bytes] MtPenguinMonster (talk | contribs) (Created page) Tag: Visual edit
04:4004:40, 24 August 2025 Piefed (hist | edit) [670 bytes] Fierce (talk | contribs) (Created page for the Piefed Social Media Platform.)
02:5702:57, 24 August 2025 VidIQ (hist | edit) [1,827 bytes] JJosh888 (talk | contribs) (created article)