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Revision as of 16:25, 14 August 2025
Welcome to the Consumer Rights Wiki
Exposing the overlooked exploitation of modern consumers
Currently serving 890 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:
- Check out How to help for a guide.
- 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".
A July 2025 firmware update pushed by Echelon Fitness retroactively blocked third-party fitness applications from connecting to their devices. The update affected users of QZ (qdomyos-zwift), an open-source bridging application that enables cross-platform compatibility with fitness platforms like Zwift, Peloton Digital, & others.
Want to suggest a featured article? Add it to the discussion page.
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.
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]
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.
25 September 2025
- 08:0908:09, 25 September 2025 ConnectedLife's 'SmartDry' Discontinuation (hist | edit) [2,960 bytes] LeftBeef (talk | contribs) (Initial page about SmartDry by ConnectedLifeLabs)
- 06:1106:11, 25 September 2025 Service siphoning (hist | edit) [779 bytes] AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk | contribs) (Tiny for now.) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 00:5700:57, 25 September 2025 Artificial intelligence/training (hist | edit) [16,944 bytes] Drakeula (talk | contribs) (Move a large section with a lot of detail on web scraping out of main AI article to make it easier to develop the main article) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
24 September 2025
- 17:5217:52, 24 September 2025 Flock Safety (hist | edit) [7,012 bytes] 76.14.97.100 (talk) (Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2017 |Industry=Surveillance Technology |Type=Private |Website=https://www.flocksafety.com |Description=Flock safety is a surveillance Technology company which utilizes legal loopholes to implement mass surveillance across the United States. }} {{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 September 2025 Pocket Casts (hist | edit) [1,423 bytes] TrollToll (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{ProductCargo |Company=Automattic |ProductLine=Pocket Casts |ReleaseYear=2025 |InProduction=Yes |ArticleType=Product |Category=Software |Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png |Website=https://pocketcasts.com/ |Description=Podcast player }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the :Category:{{...")
- 13:1513:15, 24 September 2025 Octopus Energy (hist | edit) [4,737 bytes] Richardpruen (talk | contribs) (Added octopus energy, UK energy supplier and installer of renewable energy products)
22 September 2025
- 20:5120:51, 22 September 2025 Nothing Phone (1) (hist | edit) [2,229 bytes] Roka (talk | contribs) (create page) Tag: Visual edit
- 13:5713:57, 22 September 2025 Genshin Impact Anticheat (hist | edit) [3,476 bytes] HoloTales (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{ProductCargo |Company=Mihoyo |ProductLine=Genshin Impact |ReleaseYear=2020 |InProduction=Yes |ArticleType=Service |Category=Video Games |Website=https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/ |Description=Genshin Impact's Anticheat, sometimes referred to as mhyprot2.sys, is a kernel-level anticheat that runs regardless of if the game is running. }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection incide...")
21 September 2025
- 03:4103:41, 21 September 2025 General Electric Wi-Fi Oven Bricked (Locked) by Mandatory Update (hist | edit) [1,914 bytes] Delixtarter (talk | contribs) (starting the article)
20 September 2025
- 18:0318:03, 20 September 2025 Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions (hist | edit) [3,132 bytes] Reiikz (talk | contribs) (Epson ink waste tank counter on eco tank printers prevents basic maintenance forcing you to take the printer to an epson service center after a predetermined amount of prints)