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Digital Millennium Copyright Act

2025-09-04T14:44:55Z

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The '''[[wikipedia:Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act|Digital Millenium Copyright Act]]''' (DMCA) is a copyright law passed in 1998 to amend Title 17 of the United States Code.<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-105publ304/pdf/PLAW-105publ304.pdf Digital Millennium Copyright Act]. [https://www.govinfo.gov/ ''GovInfo'']. Retrieved 12 Aug, 2025</ref><ref name=":0">[https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2281 Summary for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act]. [https://www.congress.gov/ ''Congress.gov'']. Retrieved 12 Aug, 2025</ref> Among its provisions are criminalizing the production and dissemination of information intended to circumvent copy protections that protect intellectual property, such as those considered digital rights management. It was later amended in 1998 to shield from liability ISPs that consumers may use to gain access to such information.

The law also provides that the Library of Congress issue exemptions from the prohibition when it is shown that access-control technology has had a substantial adverse effect on the ability of people to make non-infringing uses of copyrighted works. These exemptions are not granted in perpetuity. They are revised every 3 years, and existing exemptions must be resubmitted for the next rulemaking cycle alongside any new ones.

This law is one of the earliest to address the digital multimedia era, where previous law was deemed insufficient with the technology of the time period (even though its effect covers all digital information). Although the law is meant to supplement intellectual property rights, there are concerns that it conflicts with consumers' interests. This is due to the specific text of the law, as well as its interpretation being used to attack activity by consumers that would otherwise be permitted. Concerns over Right to Repair, Fair Use, and an overall lack of valid paths to refute or redress accusations of violating the law remain.

==Section 1201==

===Anti-Circumvention rule===
The DMCA prohibits breaking any digital lock that "effectively controls access" to a copyrighted material.<ref name=":0" /> Initially created under the premise of preventing internet piracy, critics have been apt to point out the ways that corporations have abused this legal restriction. Cory Doctorow argues that the rule prevents competition and "the creation of legitimate, otherwise legal technologies."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doctorow |first=Cory |date=2015-12-01 |title=I Can’t Let You Do That, Dave |url=https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-cant-let-you-do-that-dave/ |url-status=live |website=Communications of the ACM}}</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Common terms]]
[[Category:Legislation]]
[[Category:US legislation]]

Android

2025-09-04T13:09:51Z

Illerfish2: Undo revision 23684 by 109.93.197.91 (talk) - The wiki is not the place to discuss alternatives.

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{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = Android
| Release Year = 2008 (Android 1.0)
| Product Type = Software
| In Production = Yes
| Official Website = https://android.com/
| Logo = Android Logo.png
}}

[[wikipedia:Android_(operating_system)|'''Android''']] is an operating system which started in 2003, got acquired by '''[[Google]]''' in 2005<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elgin |first=Ben |date=2005-08-17 |title=Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227182929/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm |archive-date=2011-02-27 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Bloomberg Businessweek}}</ref>, and made its first official release (Android 1.0) in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-23 |title=Announcing the Android 1.0 SDK, release 1 |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2008/09/announcing-android-10-sdk-release-1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/tW5WL |archive-date=2025-07-12 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Android Developers Blog}}</ref> It is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, but is also used in smart TVs, cameras, in-car infotainment systems, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Why Android? |url=https://www.android.com/why-android/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/DZ17U |archive-date=2025-07-12 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Android}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
With over 3.5 billion active users, open-source flexibility, affordability, and extensive device ecosystems continue to shape consumer behavior, regional adoption, and technological advancements.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=G |first=Nick |date=September 4, 2024 |title=Android Market Share in 2025: Global Dominance and Key Insights|url=https://techjury.net/industry-analysis/android-market-share |website=TechJury |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629102621/https://techjury.net/industry-analysis/android-market-share/ |archive-date=June 29, 2025 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Trend of Newly Released Android |url=https://www.accio.com/business/trend-of-newly-released-android |website= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref> Android’s global reach, affordability, and device diversity make it the preferred OS for billions, particularly in emerging economies. It remains the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, but its dominance has been accompanied by controversies from security vulnerabilities and privacy concerns to accusations of anti-competitive behavior and declining open-source commitments.

===Global market share===
Android remains the world’s dominant mobile operating system (OS) as of 2025, holding a 72.23% global market share compared to iOS with 27.39%.<ref name=":0"></ref>
*Asia & Africa: Android dominates with 95.16% in India, 86.8% in Indonesia, and 80.88% in Africa due to affordability and device variety.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last1=Qadir |first1=Salam |last2=Shaikh |first2=Sohaib |date=April 20, 2025 |title=Android vs iOS Statistics 2025: Users, Revenue, and Global Trends |url=https://www.tekrevol.com/blogs/android-vs-ios-statistics/ |website=Tekrevol |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515022542/https://www.tekrevol.com/blogs/android-vs-ios-statistics/ |archive-date=May 15, 2025 }}</ref>
*North America: Android holds 45% market share, trailing iOS (57.68%) in the U.S.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Josh |date=April 24, 2025 |title=iPhone vs Android User Stats (2025 Data) |url=https://explodingtopics.com/blog/iphone-android-users |website=ExplodingTopics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709235506/https://explodingtopics.com/blog/iphone-android-users |archive-date=July 9, 2025 }}</ref>
*Europe: Android leads with 65% market share, though iOS is strong in the UK (52.29%).<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":3"></ref>
*Affordability: Android devices range from $100 budget phones to premium flagships, making them accessible in emerging markets.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":2"></ref>
*Device Variety: Multiple manufacturers (Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO) offer diverse options, unlike Apple’s closed ecosystem.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Frąckiewicz |first=Marcin |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Smartphone Wars 2025: Inside the Global Market Shake-Up, Trends, and Future Tech Disruptions |url=https://ts2.tech/en/smartphone-wars-2025-inside-the-global-market-shake-up-trends-and-future-tech-disruptions/ |website=Ts2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720045846/https://ts2.tech/en/smartphone-wars-2025-inside-the-global-market-shake-up-trends-and-future-tech-disruptions/ |archive-date=July 20, 2025}}</ref>

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this software. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Data collection===
{{Main|Android Data Collection}}
Android mobile devices, even when minimally configured, collect and share extensive user data with Google and provide few options for opting-out, raising privacy concerns. Settings for opting-out of sharing data with Google are generally hard to find, requiring users to search the device's settings and Google's settings to locate and toggle the settings on/off. The data shared with Google is sensitive user data including call logs, messages, data recorded from the device's microphone and camera, and more. This data is used by Google to improve the targeting of personalized advertisements and as training data for [[Google Gemini]].

===Android System Safety Core silent install===
{{Main|Android System SafetyCore}}
On January 22, 2025, Google quietly rolled out Android System SafetyCore to all Android devices. The installation of the program neither informed consumers that it was installed, nor did it request consumers to install it onto their devices.

===OEM Locked Bootloaders===
{{Main|Motorola}}
In North America, many Android devices like phones or tablets will not allow consumers to unlock and do what they want to modify the software. Therefore, it has been incredibly difficult and nearly impossible to root and install custom ROMs on the device unless an exploit has been found.

===Blocking third-party programs===
{{Main|Google blocking sideloading of unverified Android apps}}
Starting at September 2026, third-party apps will no longer be able to install on a unmodified Android in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand without "verified identities"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=26 Aug 2025 |title=Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826032858/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/ |archive-date=26 Aug 2025 |access-date=26 Aug 2025 |website=ArsTechnica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Aug 2025 |title=Google's plan to end sideloading on Android |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/googles-plan-to-end-sideloading-on-android.4756353/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826161809/https://xdaforums.com/t/googles-plan-to-end-sideloading-on-android.4756353/ |archive-date=26 Aug 2025 |access-date=26 Aug 2025 |website=XdaForums}}</ref>. The affected regions will expand globally in 2027. Devices without Google Mobile Service (GMS) or running a third-party ROM won't be affected. However it's hard for users to bypass/spoof [[Google Play Integrity API|Google Play Integrity]] to hide their ROM or root status to use utility apps such as most of banking apps<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Apr 2022 |title=[Discussion] The root-and-mod-hiding/fingerprint-spoofing/keybox-stealing cat-and-mouse game |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/discussion-the-root-and-mod-hiding-fingerprint-spoofing-keybox-stealing-cat-and-mouse-game.4425939/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823095950/https://xdaforums.com/t/discussion-the-root-and-mod-hiding-fingerprint-spoofing-keybox-stealing-cat-and-mouse-game.4425939/ |archive-date=23 Aug 2025 |access-date=26 Aug 2025 |website=XdaForums}}</ref>.

===Android Cast restricted to Google -signed receivers===
In Android, streaming over network is referred as "Casting". In Android 4.4 Miracast support was introduced. Miracast is an open standard by the Wi-Fi -alliance which makes it possible to stream screen contents as well as high quality multichannel audio over wireless networks.

In Android 9, Miracast was fully replaced with proprietrary Chromecast -protocol. Chromecast protocol includes signing key verification of both the Cast source and receiver device, meaning that since Android 9 it is no longer possible to cast high quality content to receivers which aren't signed by Google. This means that unlike AirPlay on Apple devices, there's no way to stream multichannel Hi-Fi audio on Android unless the receiver has a valid vendor signature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiske |first=Christian |date=2025-08-31 |title=Android/Lineage OS and Screen mirroring ("Cast") |url=https://p.cweiske.de/669 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831142415/https://p.cweiske.de/669 |archive-date=2025-08-31 |access-date=2025-08-31}}</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Talk:Buy now, pay later

2025-09-04T04:30:28Z

Illerfish2: /* Relevance? */ Reply

==Relevance?==

As a completely opt-in service, I don't believe this violates any consumer rights [[User:Illerfish2|Illerfish2]] ([[User talk:Illerfish2|talk]]) 04:07, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

:Look at it this way, gambling is proven to be anticonsumer despite it being it is opt-in as well, because it is using dark patterns to entice consumers into using it. The same falls under here, you are gambling on having enough money in the future to use this system, but these systems are rewarded through your debt to not educate you on the risks involved with using it.
:However, the article itself does severely need to be reworked, zero refs, not a lot of development in general.
:If we can include some data listed through these sources I found in a quick search, it might be brought to the standard of quality the wiki is in search of:
:https://thehustle.co/01272022-buy-now-pay-later
:https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2025/02/04/buy-now-pay-later-hidden-credit-risks-in-the-digital-payment-revolution/
:https://www.wired.com/story/hidden-dangers-buy-now-pay-later-apps/ (https://archive.is/z3eSh)
:https://defendernetwork.com/news/opinion/buy-now-pay-later-loans-debt/
:https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/credit-cards/the-hidden-danger-of-buy-now-pay-later-plans-revealed/ar-AA1G6cE5
:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUDWC6rCwhI [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 04:25, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
::Lack of citations is definitely an issue, but more broadly speaking wiki scope focuses on issues of new issues in consumer rights, specifically those that are anti-ownership and reduce consumer's privacy and/or ability to consent. ([[Mission statement#Consumer protection has changed]]) While definitely ethically questionable, this seems to fall outside of the scope of the wiki as we don't aim to address psychological issues and these systems do inform the user of exactly what they are consenting to. [[User:Illerfish2|Illerfish2]] ([[User talk:Illerfish2|talk]]) 04:30, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Buy now, pay later

2025-09-04T04:07:31Z

Illerfish2: /* Relevance? */ new section

== Relevance? ==

As a completely opt-in service, I don't believe this violates any consumer rights [[User:Illerfish2|Illerfish2]] ([[User talk:Illerfish2|talk]]) 04:07, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

User:Illerfish2

2025-09-04T04:05:01Z

Illerfish2:

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's contributions which create or significantly change pages. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

Leadwerks

2025-09-04T04:02:46Z

Illerfish2: Added one citation. In previous edit, I also removed original research (forgot to mention it)

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{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = Leadwerks
| Release Year =2025
| Product Type =Software PC gaming engine
| In Production =Yes, in development
| Official Website =https://www.leadwerks.com/
| Logo = Leadwerks.svg
}}

'''Leadwerks''' is a gaming engine, formerly known as Ultra Engine, created by Leadwerks Software. The engine is currently in early access and offers royalty-free licenses through either a $99.99 perpetual license or a $5.99/month subscription license.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Software |url=https://www.leadwerks.com/community/store/category/1-software/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 Sep 2025 |website=Leadwerks Community}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> User Freedom: The perpetual license does not give users the rights to use the program as it is at the time of purchase. The purchased version cannot be used offline or online.{{Citation needed}} Only specific releases selected by Leadwerks are available.

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Perpetual license blocking===
When Ultra Engine rebranded as Leadwerks, they required all users to update to a newer version of the client.{{Citation needed}} The new client prompted users to log in with their email address instead of their username, which blocked users with a perpetual license from accessing their installation until they re-verified that their perpetual license was active.{{Citation needed}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Leadwerks

2025-09-04T04:01:05Z

Illerfish2: Tone edit, updated some information, added "citation needed" warnings where applicable, deleted some irrelevant information

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{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = Leadwerks
| Release Year =2025
| Product Type =Software PC gaming engine
| In Production =Yes, in development
| Official Website =https://www.leadwerks.com/
| Logo = Leadwerks.svg
}}

'''Leadwerks''' is a gaming engine, formerly known as Ultra Engine, created by Leadwerks Software. The engine is currently in early access and offers royalty-free licenses through either a $99.99 perpetual license or a $5.99/month subscription license.

==Consumer impact summary==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> User Freedom: The perpetual license does not give users the rights to use the program as it is at the time of purchase. The purchased version cannot be used offline or online.{{Citation needed}} Only specific releases selected by Leadwerks are available.

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Perpetual license blocking===
When Ultra Engine rebranded as Leadwerks, they required all users to update to a newer version of the client.{{Citation needed}} The new client prompted users to log in with their email address instead of their username, which blocked users with a perpetual license from accessing their installation until they re-verified that their perpetual license was active.{{Citation needed}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-09-04T03:42:51Z

Illerfish2:

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-09-04T03:39:19Z

Illerfish2: Protected "User:Illerfish2" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]
*[[GameSpy]]
*[[GameSpy server shutdown]]

EBay

2025-09-04T03:35:05Z

Illerfish2: Undo revision 23651 by 138.199.31.142 (talk)

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = eBay Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1995
| Industry = E-commerce
| Official Website = http://ebay.com/
| Logo = EBay logo.svg
}}
{{Lowercase title}}
'''{{Wplink|eBay Inc.}}''' (formerly known as AuctionWeb, 1995–1997) is an American multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California, that enables users to purchase or look at products via retail sales on websites and online marketplaces in 190 markets around the globe. Sales happen either via online auctions or "buy it now" immediate purchases, and the firm makes commissions from sales made by sellers.

==Anti-consumer practices==

===User agreement update to arbitration (April 2025)===
As of 17 April 2025, eBay has changed its "Agreement to [[Forced arbitration|Arbitrate]]" section in the User Agreement:<ref>{{Cite web |title=User Agreement |url=https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/member-behaviour-policies/user-agreement?id=4259 |url-status=live |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=[[eBay]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Liz |date=17 Apr 2025 |title=eBay User Agreement Update May 2025: New Arbitration Terms & Limits On Lawsuits |url=https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-user-agreement-may-2025-arbitration/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418193349/https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-user-agreement-may-2025-arbitration/ |archive-date=18 Apr 2025 |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=Value Added Resource}}</ref>

*eBay users are required to waive their right to a jury trial for disputes:

<blockquote>
If you do not opt out: (1) you will only be permitted to pursue claims against us or related third parties on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action or proceeding; (2) you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an individual basis; and (3) you are waiving your right to pursue disputes or claims and seek relief in a court of law and to have a jury trial.
</blockquote>

*A new section regarding this has been added:

<blockquote>
Waiver of Jury Trial

YOU AND EBAY HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY. You and eBay are instead electing that all Disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under this Agreement to Arbitrate, except as specified in Section 19.B ("Agreement to Arbitrate").
</blockquote>

*eBay has also added a clause requiring users to submit to informal dispute resolution, a 45 day period before arbitration can even begin:

<blockquote>
If a Dispute arises between you and eBay, eBay is committed to working with you to reach a prompt, low‐cost and mutually reasonable resolution.

You and eBay agree to participate in good faith informal efforts to resolve Disputes before starting an arbitration or initiating an action in small claims court ("Informal Dispute Resolution").

To initiate Informal Dispute Resolution, a party must give notice to the other party in writing in a valid Notice of Dispute ("Notice"), which may be downloaded at this link. Such Notice to eBay should be sent by email to DisputeNotice@eBay.com or regular mail to our offices located at 583 W. eBay Way, Draper, UT 84020.

eBay will send any Notice to you to the physical address we have on file associated with your eBay account; it is your responsibility to keep your physical address up to date.

To be valid, you must personally sign the Notice and complete all information on the Notice form, including a description of the claims you are asserting, the specific relief sought, and the user name, email address and phone number associated with your account.

The Informal Dispute Resolution process lasts 45 days and is a mandatory precondition to commencing arbitration. The statute of limitations and any filing deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in Informal Dispute Resolution.
</blockquote>

*eBay has also added a new section on confidentiality which states that all materials exchanged during arbitration are not to be shared outside of the parties’ attorneys, accountants, or business advisors:

<blockquote>
Subject to the NAM Rules, the arbitrator may direct a limited and reasonable exchange of information between the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration.

You and eBay agree that all materials and documents exchanged during the arbitration proceedings shall be kept confidential and shall not be shared with anyone except the parties’ attorneys, accountants, or business advisors, and shall be subject to the condition that they agree to keep all materials and documents exchanged during the arbitration proceedings confidential.
</blockquote>

*Another new section on Fees and Costs introduces new terms which may disadvantage individual claimants and the introduction of "sanctions" for filing "frivolous" claims which may be effective in deterring users from seeking arbitration for even legitimate claims as it could carry the risk of being responsible for all arbitration and legal fees for both sides.

<blockquote>
Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the applicable NAM fee schedules (the "Fee Schedules"), but may be reapportioned between the parties in accordance with this Agreement to Arbitrate, as follows:

if you complied with the Informal Dispute Resolution requirements in Section 1 of this Agreement and the value of the relief sought in the Dispute is $10,000 or less, at your request eBay will pay all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees associated with the arbitration.

The parties shall bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator finds that either the substance of the Dispute or the relief sought in the Demand was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)).

To the extent, following a presentation on the merits, on its own motion or a party’s, and after affording a reasonable opportunity to respond, an arbitrator determines that a party who commenced arbitration did not bring its claim(s) consistent with counsel’s Certification and the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), the arbitrator may, as part of its award, impose sanctions by ordering that the initiating party reimburse the responding party for all arbitration costs and arbitrators’ fees the responding party incurred under the Fee Schedule.
</blockquote>

*eBay's new terms introduce Batch Arbitration, where similar individual demands are grouped together with a single arbiter assigned to review and make a decision for the entire batch at once. While eBay and NAM position Batch Arbitration as a way to increase the efficiency of the process, it's important to note that batching claims in this way significantly reduces transparency and visibility into the details of any specific individual claim:

<blockquote>
To increase the efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, you and eBay agree that in the event that there are 25 or more individual Demands of a substantially similar nature filed against eBay by or with the assistance of the same law firm, group of law firms, or organizations ("Claimant’s Counsel"), within a reasonably proximate period of time, for example, a 90 day period, NAM shall:

(1) administer the arbitration demands in batches of 100 Demands per batch (or, if between 25 and 99 individual Demands are filed, a single batch of all those Demands, and, to the extent there are less than 100 Demands remaining after the batching described above, a final batch consisting of the remaining Demands);
(2) appoint one arbitrator for each batch; and
(3) provide for the resolution of each batch on a consolidated basis with one set of filing and administrative fees due per batch, one procedural calendar, one hearing (if any) in a place to be selected by Claimant’s Counsel or, if Claimant’s Counsel does not have a preference, by the arbitrator, and one final award, which will provide for any and all relief to which the arbitrator determines each individual party is entitled ("Batch Arbitration").

NAM shall administer all batches concurrently, to the extent possible.

All parties agree that Demands are of a "substantially similar nature" if they arise out of or relate to the same event or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issue(s) and seek the same or similar relief.
</blockquote>

*The only way to opt out of this is through physical mail:

<blockquote>
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ("OPT OUT") BY MAILING US A WRITTEN OPT-OUT NOTICE ("OPT-OUT NOTICE"). THE OPT-OUT NOTICE MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU FIRST ACCEPT THIS USER AGREEMENT.

YOU MUST MAIL THE OPT-OUT NOTICE TO EBAY INC., ATTN: LITIGATION DEPARTMENT, RE: OPT-OUT NOTICE, 583 WEST EBAY WAY, DRAPER, UT 84020.

For your convenience, we are providing an Opt-Out Notice form. You must complete, sign, and mail that to us to opt out of this Agreement to Arbitrate.

You must sign the Opt-Out Notice for it to be effective. Any Opt-Out Notice will be effective only if you send it yourself, on an individual basis, and opt-out notices from any third party purporting to act on your behalf will have no effect on your or eBay’s rights. This procedure is the only way you can opt out of this Agreement to Arbitrate.
</blockquote>

===eBay AI opt in by default===
{{Main|Ebay AI opt in by default}}

In April 2025, eBay also updated its privacy policy to allow its users' personal data to be used for machine learning purposes by both the company and third-parties.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
[[Category:EBay]]

GameSpy

2025-09-04T02:30:58Z

Illerfish2: Removed notice, will review

{{StubNotice}}
{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Type =Subsidiary
| Founded =1999
| Industry =Multiplayer software services
| Official Website =gamespy.com
| Logo =GameSpy.svg
}}'''GameSpy''' was a company founded by Mark Sufas in 1995. It provided multiplayer middleware for video game publishers, documented to be used by over 800 games. GameSpy was merged with the gaming magazine IGN in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |date=Mar 4, 2004 |title=IGN/GameSpy Merger Creates One of the Internet's Largest Game and Entertainment-Focused Companies |url=https://corp.ign.com/press/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102223614/http://corp.ign.com/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-date=Jan 2, 2018 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=IGN}}</ref> while its 'GameSpy Industries' division, which handled all of its multiplayer services, was purchased from IGN by Glu Mobile in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potter |first=Seth |date=Aug 2, 2012 |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411143602/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=Apr 11, 2016 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[Glu Mobile]]}}</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User freedom: Games affected by GameSpy<nowiki/>'s shutdown require some modification of the software to regain functionality.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=u/Stevoisiak |date=Apr 7, 2014 |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation instructions |url=https://battlefield2142.co/help/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation}}</ref>
*Market control: Initially the primary game hosting service for many games.

==Incidents==
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]].
===Shutdown===
{{Main|GameSpy server shutdown}}
On May 31st, 2014, Glu Mobile, the owner of GameSpy's software division (GameSpy Industries), shut down GameSpy's services,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=Apr 3, 2014 |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=Apr 7, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=Game Informer}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> affecting popular titles such as ''Battlefield 2142'',<ref name=":2" /> ''Halo Combat Evolved'', and ''Saints Row 2'', which lost all multiplayer functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref> Some games were left unplayable due to digital rights management reliance on GameSpy servers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Byrn |date=Mar 9, 2010 |title=Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/assassins-creed-2/1075803p1.html |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=Apr 4, 2014 |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717091309/http://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Slashgear}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the incident, projects such as OpenSpy were created to restore functionality to these damaged games, such as ''Battlefield 2142''.<ref name=":2" />

==Products==
{{Incomplete section}}

==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}



[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Ex Ultra Engine (Leadworks) game engine

2025-09-03T22:11:45Z

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#REDIRECT [[Leadwerks]]

Leadwerks

2025-09-03T22:11:45Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page Ex Ultra Engine (Leadworks) game engine to Leadwerks: Game engine was renamed

{{ToneWarning}}
{{Incomplete}}
{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = Ultra Engine
| Release Year =2025
| Product Type =Software PC gaming engine
| In Production =Yes, in development
| Official Website =https://www.ultraengine.com
| Logo = Leadwerks.svg
}}

'''Leadwerks is''' a gaming engine that shares multiple types of licenses, one of them being perpetual ( for a single user ).

Game developers are required to code their game using the code that powers the engine. As this practice is tightly coupled with the interface of the gaming engine, games cannot be ported to other gaming engines. Choosing a gaming engine that is offering royalty-free license is a big win and game developers would have more interest in it, to avoid the challenges Unity engine managed to do in 2023 with their new pricing model, the "Runtime Fee".

Under the perpetual license a product should function as it is at the time of purchase, activation keys or whatever method is used to prove your license is valid does not need to reach a remote location to confirm it.

Unfortunately this program is not built like this and users will be forced to be online when using it. The option to work offline or block it in your firewall, to avoid sharing your personal data is completely removed.

If users wish to avoid testing the latest bugs and not wish to update their program version, a practice that is required in all professional development environments where you should not use “latest” is also removed.

==Consumer impact summary==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> User Freedom: The perpetual license does not give users the rights to use the program “AS IS” at the time of purchase. You cannot use your purchased version offline or online. Only specific releases are available and those are dictated by the company.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> User Privacy: There is no safer way to work with such a product, other than using it from an internet-disconnected PC (or using a firewall). This product states in the EULA that it has data tracking by default.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Business Model. Perpetual license is treated as a monthly subscription and users cannot opt out to always call the server when starting the application.

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Incident on company rebranding===
'''Changing of the brand forced all users to upgrade to the new client. Users had new requirements to use in the login page (the email instead of username).'''

This change blocked the installed version for users of perpetual license showing “Please use the client application to log into your Ultra Engine account and ensure your license is active”. The perpetual license should not ask for re-checking the validity of the license and should work with what is installed.

The company changed the EULA with the new name and most references of Ultra engine were removed.

As stated in the EULA “This SOFTWARE PRODUCT utilizes analytics to record statistics on actions performed within the software, in order to collect information to help improve the user experience. Analytics can be disabled in the program settings”. The requirement to update to the new version users are required to do extra checks if new tracking options have been added

Another line in the EULA “This SOFTWARE PRODUCT is for personal use only and may be used by the Licensee, on one or more computers”. There is no mention that it requires an internet connection to use it, nor that users are forced to update or that it can be disabled remotely.

A compliant solution should be: inside the user's account on the ultra engine site there should be a button to download the program at the time of purchase or a newer version use it on one or more computers where scripts can be built. By having the download button under the account on their site, the license is confirmed so there is no need to contact the server while using it.

[[File:Screenshot 2025-04-04 092807.png|thumb]]
Evidence that the application was successfully installed on 28 of Jan 2025

Installation is not possible without proving a valid license is used.

The screenshot shows that the installed version is no longer usable. No configuration changes are provided to continue to use the installed code.

The only option users are forced to use is to update everything to the latest client.

This action is changing your local files including EULA and title of the application. You are no longer the owner of the version you purchased.

[[File:Discord screenshot.png|thumb]]

=== Incident on discord channel ===
The owner of the program is available on discord and messages were posted in hopes it will attract some comments or provide a fix.

Unfortunately the message was ignored by the owner and others only offered just the forced solution to update the client, without consideration of the initial request.

Recent release notes, do not contain any details regarding not contacting remote servers for normal usage.
[ Page showing the release of the new client <nowiki>https://www.leadwerks.com/community/topic/61318-release-notes/page/29/</nowiki> ][[File:Screenshot 2025-04-01 005812.png|thumb]]

Results on discord request: There is no response from the owner hence no fix is expected.

The request to fix the installed old version or refund:

<nowiki>https://www.leadwerks.com/community/topic/68238-violation-of-end-user-license-agreement/</nowiki>

==See also==

New EULA does not include the Ultra Engine that was sold for many years: https://www.leadwerks.com/eula

The product page shares that you are supposed to own the product at the time of purchase. https://www.leadwerks.com/community/store/product/13-leadwerks-5/
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Flat Earth Clock App

2025-09-03T22:09:46Z

Illerfish2: Changed "citation needed" to "clarify" after learning of its existence

{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2016
| Product Type =Mobile Social Network
| In Production =Yes
| Official Website =https://flatearthdave.com/
| Logo =Flatearthclockapp.jpg
}}
"Flat Earth Sun and Moon Clock,"<ref name=":0" /> or "Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac,"<ref name=":1" /> is a social network app created by Blue Water Bay, a company run by David Weiss. The app provides users with a clock showing how the day-night cycle progresses on a flat earth as well as serving content that validates flat earth theory.

The application is available in the Google Play Store<ref name=":0">Flat Earth Sun & Moon Clock in the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatearthsun&referrer=utm_source Google Play Store]</ref> and Apple's App Store<ref name=":1">Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flat-earth-sun-moon-zodiac/id1440996640 Apple App Store]</ref> for a one-time payment of $2.99 with the in-app option to subscribe for a "friend finder feature" and various other in-app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $10.99 per item<ref name=":0" />. It has been reported multiple times for major breaches of security<ref>https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#FlatEarthDave</ref>, privacy, EU and US regulations, and misinformation about collected data.

==Consumer Impacts==

*Major violations in privacy regulations in the US and the EU
*Data breaches spanning several years, including leaks of usernames, emails, locations, and plaintext passwords.
*Publishing of real-time locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.

==Consumer impact summary==
Exposure of sensitive data due to breaches and real time location made public by design.

==Incidents==
===Security breach===
On February 7, 2025, an organization called GlobeSec published a summary of the app's past security breaches on Github<ref>[https://github.com/globesec/flatearthsun_public Release of a list of issues on Github]</ref>. David Weiss publicly denounced the individuals who communicated the app's shortcomings to him. After three years of the creator's non-compliance, a 90 day warning period was given.{{Clarify}}

"McToon", a conspiracy theory debunker on YouTube and a developer, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjDlOIdf5Q a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Software]]

OneDrive

2025-09-03T22:07:35Z

Illerfish2: Removed tone and issues warnings

{{ProductCargo
|Logo=OneDrive.svg
|Company=Microsoft
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Cloud storage
|ReleaseYear=2007 (as SkyDrive)|Website=https://onedrive.live.com/}}

'''OneDrive''' is a cloud storage service created by [[Microsoft]] in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.

==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Automatic syncing===
Previously, Microsoft prompted users to back up their devices through reminders and asked for their permission to back folders up to OneDrive. Currently, OneDrive alters the Windows File Explorer to default to OneDrive's folders, and to replace the standard shortcuts to folders for Documents, Images, Downloads, etc. with shortcuts to OneDrive's folders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pippig |first=Laura |date=25 Jun 2024 |title=Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=PCWorld}}</ref> This causes user files to back up to OneDrive by default, even when the folders are disabled for syncing,<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneDrive's Forcable Takeover of Folders Is Intolerable |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/1e5riab/onedrives_forcable_takeover_of_folders_is/ |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> usually without their knowledge or consent.

Once users have reached the maximum space OneDrive allows, they are prompted to pay for additional space, and in some cases are prevented from downloading attachments through Outlook and other Microsoft products.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Mar 2025 |title=OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission? |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3887116/onedrive-syncd-everything-without-permission |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref> Without the standard shortcuts to local folders in place, users are often unaware that they have alternative options. When users attempt to disable OneDrive, the service removes the user's files from the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 Mar 2024 |title=RANT: OneDrive enabled without consent |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4043083/rant-onedrive-enabled-without-consent |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Feb 2023 |title=Onedrive is horrible, invasive and impossible |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5213385/onedrive-is-horrible-invasive-and-impossible |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Onedrive Syncs files without permission and can't be removed without deletion of the files in the local machine. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/zx79j6/onedrive_syncs_files_without_permission_and_cant/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> If users have not made a local backup beforehand, their files are permanently lost.
==See also==
*[[iCloud]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-09-03T22:05:24Z

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Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]
*[[GameSpy]]
*[[GameSpy server shutdown]]

GameSpy server shutdown

2025-09-03T22:04:57Z

Illerfish2: Tone edit, organizational edit, formatting

{{Irrelevant}}
On 31 May 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by [[GameSpy]] were shut down by Glu Mobile.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |first=Mike |last=Futter |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |website=Game Informer |date=3 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=7 Apr 2014}}</ref> A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and far more were affected by this massive shutdown.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Stevoisiak |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=7 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410153634/https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |archive-date=10 Apr 2014}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |website=PCGamingWiki |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421173510/https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |archive-date=21 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 <nowiki>|</nowiki> GameSpy Technology |url=https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |website=[[GameSpy]] |date=2014 |access-date=29 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629233447/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-date=29 Jun 2014}}</ref> Some games, such as the ''Arma'' series,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Burns |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |website=Slashgear |date=4 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406135603/https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=6 Apr 2014}}</ref> were retooled to function without needing to rely upon GameSpy services by the developer. Most of the games require third-party tools to regain functionality,<ref name=":1" /> such as ''Battlefield 2142'', which relies upon OpenSpy and the ''BF2142 Reclamation'' community. A subset of affected games had their Digital Rights Management affected by this shutdown as well.{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}}

==Background==
In 2012, the mobile game developer Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy's multiplayer service department GameSpy Industries.

==The shutdown==
Shortly after Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy Industries from IGN in August 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |first=Seth |last=Potter |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |website=[[Glu Mobile]] |date=2 Aug 2012 |access-date=18 Jan 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721180216/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=21 Jul 2014
}}</ref> the company concluded services for many older games reliant on GameSpy services, such as ''Fairytale Fights'', ''Star Wars: Battlefront'', ''Sniper Elite'', ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'', ''Saints Row 2'', and ''Neverwinter Nights''. This was done without prior notice to the developers of these games or the users who paid for these games.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Parrish |title=Glu Shutting Down Multiplayer for GameSpy-based PC Titles |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |website=Tom's Hardware |date=11 Dec 2012 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214062736/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |archive-date=14 Dec 2012}}</ref>

In April 2014, Glu Mobile announced that on May 31st of the same year, the remainder of all GameSpy services would be shut down.<ref name=":0" /> All games on the Wii and Nintendo DS that relied upon the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection platform lost all multiplayer functionality, as Nintendo tied the functionality of this platform on services offered by GameSpy.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Katie |last=Williams |title=Nintendo Terminating Wi-fi Service For DS and Wii |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |website=IGN |date=26 Feb 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302022652/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |archive-date=2 Mar 2014}}</ref>

==Consumer response==
There was outrage from consumers over the discontinuation of GameSpy's services.{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}} Some communities responded by reverse-engineering the servers into new tools such as OpenSpy. One of the initial attempts to restore GameSpy functionality faced a shutdown notice from Electronic Arts regarding the restoration of multiplayer in older Battlefield games. 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:GameSpy]]

GameSpy server shutdown

2025-09-03T21:59:10Z

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{{Irrelevant}}
On 31 May 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by ''[[GameSpy]]'' were shut down by [[Glu Mobile]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |first=Mike |last=Futter |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |website=Game Informer |date=3 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=7 Apr 2014}}</ref> A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, [[Xbox]] 360, [[PlayStation]] 3, [[Wii]], and far more were affected by this massive shutdown.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Stevoisiak |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |website=[[Reddit]] |date=7 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410153634/https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |archive-date=10 Apr 2014}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |website=PCGamingWiki |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421173510/https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |archive-date=21 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 <nowiki>|</nowiki> GameSpy Technology |url=https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |website=[[GameSpy]] |date=2014 |access-date=29 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629233447/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-date=29 Jun 2014}}</ref> Some games, such as the Arma series,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Burns |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |website=Slashgear |date=4 Apr 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406135603/https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=6 Apr 2014}}</ref> were retooled to function without needing to rely upon [[GameSpy]] services by the developer, however a majority of these games require third-party tools to regain functionality,<ref name=":1" /> such as ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 2142'', which relies upon ''OpenSpy'' and the ''BF2142 Reclamation'' community. A subset of affected games had their [[Digital rights management|DRM]] affected by this shutdown as well.{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}}

==Background==
In 2012, the mobile game developer Glu Mobile purchased [[GameSpy]]<nowiki/>'s multiplayer service department GameSpy Industries.

==The shutdown==
Shortly after Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy Industries from IGN in August 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |first=Seth |last=Potter |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |website=[[Glu Mobile]] |date=2 Aug 2012 |access-date=18 Jan 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721180216/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=21 Jul 2014
}}</ref> the company concluded services for many older games reliant on GameSpy services, such as ''Fairytale Fights'', ''Star Wars: Battlefront'', ''Sniper Elite'', ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'', ''Saints Row 2'', and ''Neverwinter Nights''. This was done without prior notice to neither the developers of these games nor the users who paid for these games.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Parrish |title=Glu Shutting Down Multiplayer for GameSpy-based PC Titles |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |website=Tom's Hardware |date=11 Dec 2012 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214062736/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |archive-date=14 Dec 2012}}</ref>

In April 2014, [[Glu Mobile]] announced that on May 31st of the same year, the remainder of all GameSpy services would be shut down.<ref name=":0" /> All games on the [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]] that relied upon the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] platform lost all multiplayer functionality, as [[Nintendo]] tied the functionality of this platform on services offered by [[GameSpy]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Katie |last=Williams |title=Nintendo Terminating Wi-fi Service For DS and Wii |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |website=IGN |date=26 Feb 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302022652/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |archive-date=2 Mar 2014}}</ref>

==Consumer response==
There was outrage from consumers over the discontinuation of GameSpy's services,{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}} some communities responded by slowly working to reverse-engineer the servers into new tools such as OpenSpy. One of the initial attempts to restore GameSpy functionality faced a shutdown notice from [[Electronic Arts]] regarding the [[EA shuts down fan servers for old Battlefield games|restoration of multiplayer in older Battlefield games]]. 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:GameSpy]]

GameSpy

2025-09-03T21:57:24Z

Illerfish2: Removed tone warning, added stub notice and potential irrelevance notice

{{StubNotice}}{{Irrelevant}}
{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Type =Subsidiary
| Founded =1999
| Industry =Multiplayer software services
| Official Website =gamespy.com
| Logo =GameSpy.svg
}}'''GameSpy''' was a company founded by Mark Sufas in 1995. It provided multiplayer middleware for video game publishers, documented to be used by over 800 games. GameSpy was merged with the gaming magazine IGN in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |date=Mar 4, 2004 |title=IGN/GameSpy Merger Creates One of the Internet's Largest Game and Entertainment-Focused Companies |url=https://corp.ign.com/press/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102223614/http://corp.ign.com/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-date=Jan 2, 2018 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=IGN}}</ref> while its 'GameSpy Industries' division, which handled all of its multiplayer services, was purchased from IGN by Glu Mobile in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potter |first=Seth |date=Aug 2, 2012 |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411143602/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=Apr 11, 2016 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[Glu Mobile]]}}</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User freedom: Games affected by GameSpy<nowiki/>'s shutdown require some modification of the software to regain functionality.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=u/Stevoisiak |date=Apr 7, 2014 |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation instructions |url=https://battlefield2142.co/help/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation}}</ref>
*Market control: Initially the primary game hosting service for many games.

==Incidents==
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]].
===Shutdown===
{{Main|GameSpy server shutdown}}
On May 31st, 2014, Glu Mobile, the owner of GameSpy's software division (GameSpy Industries), shut down GameSpy's services,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=Apr 3, 2014 |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=Apr 7, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=Game Informer}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> affecting popular titles such as ''Battlefield 2142'',<ref name=":2" /> ''Halo Combat Evolved'', and ''Saints Row 2'', which lost all multiplayer functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref> Some games were left unplayable due to digital rights management reliance on GameSpy servers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Byrn |date=Mar 9, 2010 |title=Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/assassins-creed-2/1075803p1.html |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=Apr 4, 2014 |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717091309/http://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Slashgear}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the incident, projects such as OpenSpy were created to restore functionality to these damaged games, such as ''Battlefield 2142''.<ref name=":2" />

==Products==
{{Incomplete section}}

==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}



[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-09-03T21:53:55Z

Illerfish2: added GameSpy

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]
*[[GameSpy]]

GameSpy

2025-09-03T21:53:26Z

Illerfish2: Tone and organizational edit

{{ToneWarning}}
{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Type =Subsidiary
| Founded =1999
| Industry =Multiplayer software services
| Official Website =gamespy.com
| Logo =GameSpy.svg
}}'''GameSpy''' was a company founded by Mark Sufas in 1995. It provided multiplayer middleware for video game publishers, documented to be used by over 800 games. GameSpy was merged with the gaming magazine IGN in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |date=Mar 4, 2004 |title=IGN/GameSpy Merger Creates One of the Internet's Largest Game and Entertainment-Focused Companies |url=https://corp.ign.com/press/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102223614/http://corp.ign.com/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-date=Jan 2, 2018 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=IGN}}</ref> while its 'GameSpy Industries' division, which handled all of its multiplayer services, was purchased from IGN by Glu Mobile in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potter |first=Seth |date=Aug 2, 2012 |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411143602/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=Apr 11, 2016 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[Glu Mobile]]}}</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User freedom: Games affected by GameSpy<nowiki/>'s shutdown require some modification of the software to regain functionality.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=u/Stevoisiak |date=Apr 7, 2014 |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation instructions |url=https://battlefield2142.co/help/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Battlefield 2142 Reclamation}}</ref>
*Market control: Initially the primary game hosting service for many games.

==Incidents==
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]].
===Shutdown===
{{Main|GameSpy server shutdown}}
On May 31st, 2014, Glu Mobile, the owner of GameSpy's software division (GameSpy Industries), shut down GameSpy's services,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=Apr 3, 2014 |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=Apr 7, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=Game Informer}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> affecting popular titles such as ''Battlefield 2142'',<ref name=":2" /> ''Halo Combat Evolved'', and ''Saints Row 2'', which lost all multiplayer functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref> Some games were left unplayable due to digital rights management reliance on GameSpy servers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Byrn |date=Mar 9, 2010 |title=Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/assassins-creed-2/1075803p1.html |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=Apr 4, 2014 |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717091309/http://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Slashgear}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the incident, projects such as OpenSpy were created to restore functionality to these damaged games, such as ''Battlefield 2142''.<ref name=":2" />

==Products==
{{Incomplete section}}

==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}



[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables

2025-09-02T22:08:18Z

Illerfish2: Added relevance warning

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12VHPWR and its revision 12V-2x6 (H++) are modern PCIe power connector standards published by the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-SIG PCI-SIG] that aim to deliver more power to PCIe devices such as GPUs but in a smaller foorprint than the older PCIe 6- and 8-pin connectors.{{Citation needed}} Since 12VHPWR's debut on Nvidia's RTX 40-series GPUs,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Lathan |first2=Patrick |last3=Makhnovets |first3=Vitalii |last4=Coleman |first4=Andrew |last5=Thang |first5=Jimmy |date=2024-10-07 |title=12VHPWR is a Dumpster Fire {{!}} Investigation into Contradicting Specs & Corner Cutting |url=https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/12vhpwr-dumpster-fire-investigation-contradicting-specs-corner-cutting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715184806/https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/12vhpwr-dumpster-fire-investigation-contradicting-specs-corner-cutting |archive-date=2025-07-15 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=GamersNexus}}</ref> the connector's been infamous for its design flaws that make it quite prone to ignition.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wallossek |first=Igor |date=2022-10-27 |title=The horror has a face - NVIDIA’s hot 12VHPWR adapter for the GeForce RTX 4090 with a built-in breaking point |url=https://www.igorslab.de/en/adapter-of-the-gray-analyzed-nvidias-brand-hot-12vhpwr-adapter-with-built-in-breakpoint/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715181914/https://www.igorslab.de/en/adapter-of-the-gray-analyzed-nvidias-brand-hot-12vhpwr-adapter-with-built-in-breakpoint/ |archive-date=2025-07-15 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=igor´sLAB}}</ref> The minor revision 12V-2x6 aimed to mitigate these issues but ultimately succumbed to it's predecessor's shortcomings.<ref name=":1" /> As of July 2025, there are still reports of the connectors catching on fire even when using accessories that advertise less risk of catching ablaze.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartung |first=Roman |date=2025-07-13 |title=It Happened Again – RTX 4090 with Melted 12VHPWR |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Rmv2rEHc0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250829165209/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Rmv2rEHc0 |archive-date=2025-08-29 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

==Background==
An early iteration of the connector without the sense pins first appeared on PCI-SIG member [[Nvidia]]'s RTX 3090 Founders Edition (FE) graphics cards. Since then Nvidia has used the connector on some of their RTX 40 Series GPUs and all RTX 50 Series GPUs.

==Melting connectors==
Since its first debut on the RTX 4090, the connector has faced a myriad of incidents all revolving around them melting.<ref name=":0" /> As an effect Thermal Grizzly, a computer cooling company started by [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking XOC] enthusiast Der8auer, cannot guarantee their WireView as fail-proof.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Hartung |first2=Roman |last3=Gaglione |first3=Mike |last4=Makhnovets |first4=Vitalii |date=2025-05-23 |title=Fixing the Unfixable 12VHPWR Connector, ft. Der8auer |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puFaUSTwiis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250829164026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puFaUSTwiis |archive-date=2025-08-29 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

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==References==
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User:Illerfish2

2025-09-01T20:43:30Z

Illerfish2: added "moderator" lol

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor and moderator on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]

Signal cloud backups

2025-08-29T14:20:52Z

Illerfish2: More tone-oriented edits

{{ToneWarning}}

Signal is a privacy-focused, open source encrypted messaging service. In 2020, the company was accused of collecting and storing sensitive user data on their cloud database without user consent.

==Background==
Signal states on their website that they can't "read your messages or listen to your calls, and no one else can either."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal |url=https://signal.org/}}</ref><blockquote>"We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service.

Notably, things we don’t have stored include anything about a user’s contacts (such as the contacts themselves, a hash of the contacts, any other derivative contact information), anything about a user’s groups (such as how many groups a user is in, which groups a user is in, the membership lists of a user’s groups), or any records of who a user has been communicating with."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Eastern District of Virginia |url=https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302042109/https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-date=2 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

==Incident==
In 2019, Signal previewed a feature called "secure value recovery" which would allow users installing the app on a new device to retrieve data from cloud servers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technology Preview for secure value recovery |url=https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228040757/https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-date=28 Dec 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> While the data is stored in Signal's cloud, it is stored in a securely encrypted manner.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=PSA: Disabling PINs will now upload nothing to the server |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082821/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> The data collected and stored includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of each Signal user that had been contacted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854/4 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|Cited source is heavily cherry picked|reason=contact discovery on Signal is private and does not share the phone number as explained later in the cited sources}} Messages are not saved.

Users objected,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don’t want PIN, don’t want anything stored in cloud |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015109/https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PIN, cloud storage are showstoppers |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ghsj5b/pin_cloud_storage_are_showstoppers/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forced PIN, bite it Signal |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkle3d/forced_pin_bite_it_signal/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the cloud Signal users! |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkl914/welcome_to_the_cloud_signal_users/}}</ref> requesting that Signal instead provide a means to export encrypted backups that could be imported locally, which would eliminate dependence on cloud-based servers. Some users also raised technical concerns about the security of the system and doubted that it could sufficiently protect their data.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Proper secure value security: PINs are too easy to brute force, SGX is not reliable enough |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015110/https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> These concerns were shared by cybersecurity experts,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117232443/https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-date=17 Jan 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Signal Going to Cloud? A Discussion with Sean O'Brien |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFi-VI7_T3o}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Does Signal’s “secure value recovery” really work? |url=https://palant.info/2020/06/16/does-signals-secure-value-recovery-really-work/}}</ref> and security researchers demonstrated that the system was vulnerable to attacks, which allowed them to access the user data being stored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SGX CacheOut SGAxe attack. Signal’s cloud storage and contact discovery vulnerable |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519115856/https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|reason="In recent weeks, Signal has introduced more features that make it more user friendly to people who may not have extremely paranoid threat models. For example, it’s now possible to migrate all Signal data, including message history, from one phone to another, using a feature that does not rely on cloud servers and is also encrypted, according to Signal. "|Cited vice article explains more nuance}}

Signal began to roll out the cloud-based recovery feature in 2020. without clear communication with the public or app users about the new feature.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Can someone explain this new PIN system? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ggty6n/can_someone_explain_this_new_pin_system/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandatory PIN without clear explanation within the app might cause significant number of users to quit using Signal |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/mandatory-pin-without-clear-explanation-within-the-app-might-cause-significant-number-of-users-to-quit-using-signal/11597}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=What exactly is Signal protecting with the mandatory PIN? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hymlfd/what_exactly_is_signal_protecting_with_the/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save? |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Following user backlash, Signal lowers one of its drastic PIN measures |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/many-signal-users-arent-happy-with-new-pin-requirements/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What info does Signal store about it's user? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011111619/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-date=11 Oct 2021 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About data collection and data delivery |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201072439/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/?ref=readnext |archive-date=1 Feb 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> Signal users questioned the need for the PIN, and communication from the Signal team responded that it was to ensure messages were not missed or lost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I don’t understand what the new PIN requirement is for |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/i-don-t-understand-what-the-new-pin-requirement-is-for/13895}}</ref> A more detailed response from Signal following user backlash explains that cloud backups were encrypted in the same way as messages, and were safe.<ref name=":7" />

Several users requested that Signal update their privacy policy following the change in data collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can Signal please update its Privacy Policy |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519120053/https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are not very user friendly |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306164621/https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-date=6 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> The Signal privacy policy has not changed since 2018.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Signal messenger]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-08-29T14:16:40Z

Illerfish2:

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]
*[[OneDrive]]

==Editorial Contributions==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

*[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
*[[Flat Earth Clock App]]
*[[Signal cloud backups]]

Talk:Signal's data collection despite privacy-focused advertising

2025-08-29T14:15:49Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page Talk:Signal's data collection despite privacy-focused advertising to Talk:Signal cloud backups: Page's past references to voluntary breaches in data privacy were unfounded. Page now focuses on the particular issue of cloud backups through PIN system. "Despite" listed as a word to avoid in wiki guidelines, not sufficiently neutral in tone.

#REDIRECT [[Talk:Signal cloud backups]]

Talk:Signal cloud backups

2025-08-29T14:15:49Z

==Notices==

added several notices on this article [[User:InTransparencyWeTrust|InTransparencyWeTrust]] ([[User talk:InTransparencyWeTrust|talk]]) 18:30, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:[[User:InTransparencyWeTrust|@InTransparencyWeTrust]]! Thank you for highlighting exactly the problem with Signal's misleading and unclear communication.

:There is no question that Signal stores data in the cloud. Please review references for more information. If you are in a hurry, here's Signal's handy animation https://signal.org/blog/images/secure-value-recovery-animation.gif taken from https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ explicitly illustrating how requests are sent to and handled by their cloud servers

:The data being stored in the cloud (which includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of every contact) is an entirely different thing from private contact discovery. The data collection is not related in any way to private contact discovery (although both use SGX for protection). This data collection is only for SVR/Storage Service. You may find this FAQ helpful. This is the archived version as it was removed and replaced with links to a bunch of far less helpful blog posts: https://web.archive.org/web/20230101032155/https://community.signalusers.org/t/faq-signal-pin-svr-kbs-storage-service-cloud/15690

:Also note that the feature which can migrate all Signal data without the data stored on the cloud does not in any way prevent Signal from collecting and storing that data on the cloud. It just doesn't use the data stored in the cloud to transfer settings. The data is still in the cloud though. More importantly that feature did nothing prevent the data already stored in the cloud from being vulnerable to the CacheOut attack and will not prevent any future SGX vulnerabilities or side channel attacks from allowing that data to be exposed.

:As for "Tone" concerns, if somebody has a better way to say that Signal is telling people something that objectively isn't true ("Signal is designed to never collect or store any sensitive information.") without saying that they are lying, feel free to edit that language to whatever is more appropriate. I don't know what else to call a lie without sounding like weasel. [[Special:Contributions/131.93.221.242|131.93.221.242]] 01:21, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
::The animation you reference is about the consensus algorithm they use, which they operate within the constrained environment of an SGX enclave, used to store the auth key and amount of guesses, according to the blog. You mention that the alleged data collection is different, and is only for SVR/Storage Service, which you do not mention in the article. What is also missing is explaining when this Storage Service is used, opt-in/opt-out, relation to settings like setting a PIN, etc. The article also needs a fuller extend of the response to the backlash. A more recent blog post of this year (https://signal.org/blog/a-synchronized-start-for-linked-devices/) explains that "your personal devices are where your message history lives, and that means we have to transfer history between the devices themselves.", "We don’t have access to your message history (or your [https://signal.org/blog/building-faster-oram/ contacts], [https://signal.org/blog/signal-private-group-system/ groups], [https://signal.org/blog/introducing-stories/ stories], [https://signal.org/blog/signal-profiles-beta/ profile avatars], or [https://signal.org/bigbrother/ anything else])." [[User:InTransparencyWeTrust|InTransparencyWeTrust]] ([[User talk:InTransparencyWeTrust|talk]]) 09:01, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Signal's data collection despite privacy-focused advertising

2025-08-29T14:15:49Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page Signal's data collection despite privacy-focused advertising to Signal cloud backups: Page's past references to voluntary breaches in data privacy were unfounded. Page now focuses on the particular issue of cloud backups through PIN system. "Despite" listed as a word to avoid in wiki guidelines, not sufficiently neutral in tone.

#REDIRECT [[Signal cloud backups]]

Signal cloud backups

2025-08-29T14:15:49Z

{{ToneWarning}}

Signal is a privacy-focused, open source encrypted messaging service. In 2020, the company was accused of collecting and storing sensitive user data on their cloud database without user consent.

==Background==
Signal states on their website that they can't "read your messages or listen to your calls, and no one else can either."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal |url=https://signal.org/}}</ref><blockquote>"We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service.

Notably, things we don’t have stored include anything about a user’s contacts (such as the contacts themselves, a hash of the contacts, any other derivative contact information), anything about a user’s groups (such as how many groups a user is in, which groups a user is in, the membership lists of a user’s groups), or any records of who a user has been communicating with."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Eastern District of Virginia |url=https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302042109/https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-date=2 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

==Incident==
In 2019, Signal previewed a feature called "secure value recovery" which would allow users installing the app on a new device to retrieve data from cloud servers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technology Preview for secure value recovery |url=https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228040757/https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-date=28 Dec 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> While the data is stored in Signal's cloud, it is stored in a securely encrypted manner.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=PSA: Disabling PINs will now upload nothing to the server |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082821/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> The data collected and stored includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of each Signal user that had been contacted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854/4 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|Cited source is heavily cherry picked|reason=contact discovery on Signal is private and does not share the phone number as explained later in the cited sources}} Messages are not saved.

Some users objected on philosophical grounds,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don’t want PIN, don’t want anything stored in cloud |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015109/https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PIN, cloud storage are showstoppers |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ghsj5b/pin_cloud_storage_are_showstoppers/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forced PIN, bite it Signal |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkle3d/forced_pin_bite_it_signal/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the cloud Signal users! |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkl914/welcome_to_the_cloud_signal_users/}}</ref> requesting that Signal instead provide a means to export encrypted backups that could be imported locally which would eliminate dependence on cloud-based servers. Some users also raised technical concerns about the security of the system and doubt it could sufficiently protect their data.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Proper secure value security: PINs are too easy to brute force, SGX is not reliable enough |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015110/https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> Some of these concerns were also shared by cybersecurity experts,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117232443/https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-date=17 Jan 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Signal Going to Cloud? A Discussion with Sean O'Brien |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFi-VI7_T3o}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Does Signal’s “secure value recovery” really work? |url=https://palant.info/2020/06/16/does-signals-secure-value-recovery-really-work/}}</ref> and security researchers demonstrated that the system was vulnerable to attacks, which allowed them to access the user data being stored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SGX CacheOut SGAxe attack. Signal’s cloud storage and contact discovery vulnerable |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519115856/https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|reason="In recent weeks, Signal has introduced more features that make it more user friendly to people who may not have extremely paranoid threat models. For example, it’s now possible to migrate all Signal data, including message history, from one phone to another, using a feature that does not rely on cloud servers and is also encrypted, according to Signal. "|Cited vice article explains more nuance}}

Signal's privacy policy remains unaltered from its latest version updated in 2018 and does not reflect the new cloud feature.

===Signal's response===

Signal began to roll out the cloud-based recovery feature in 2020 without clear communication with the public or app users about the new feature.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Can someone explain this new PIN system? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ggty6n/can_someone_explain_this_new_pin_system/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandatory PIN without clear explanation within the app might cause significant number of users to quit using Signal |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/mandatory-pin-without-clear-explanation-within-the-app-might-cause-significant-number-of-users-to-quit-using-signal/11597}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=What exactly is Signal protecting with the mandatory PIN? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hymlfd/what_exactly_is_signal_protecting_with_the/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save? |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Following user backlash, Signal lowers one of its drastic PIN measures |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/many-signal-users-arent-happy-with-new-pin-requirements/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What info does Signal store about it's user? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011111619/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-date=11 Oct 2021 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About data collection and data delivery |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201072439/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/?ref=readnext |archive-date=1 Feb 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> Signal users queried the need for the PIN, and communication from the team suggested it was to ensure messages were not missed or lost by keeping messages logged in a cloud format.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I don’t understand what the new PIN requirement is for |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/i-don-t-understand-what-the-new-pin-requirement-is-for/13895}}</ref> A more detailed response from Signal following user backlash explains that cloud backups were encrypted in the same way as messages, and were safe.<ref name=":7" /> Several users requested that Signal update their policy following the change in data collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can Signal please update its Privacy Policy |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519120053/https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are not very user friendly |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306164621/https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-date=6 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Signal messenger]]

Signal cloud backups

2025-08-29T14:10:41Z

Illerfish2: Removed unrelated incident (source states that Signal was unable to comply with requests for user data), cleaned up source organization, tone edit

{{ToneWarning}}

Signal is a privacy-focused, open source encrypted messaging service. In 2020, the company was accused of collecting and storing sensitive user data on their cloud database without user consent.

==Background==
Signal states on their website that they can't "read your messages or listen to your calls, and no one else can either."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal |url=https://signal.org/}}</ref><blockquote>"We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service.

Notably, things we don’t have stored include anything about a user’s contacts (such as the contacts themselves, a hash of the contacts, any other derivative contact information), anything about a user’s groups (such as how many groups a user is in, which groups a user is in, the membership lists of a user’s groups), or any records of who a user has been communicating with."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Eastern District of Virginia |url=https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302042109/https://signal.org/bigbrother/eastern-virginia-grand-jury/ |archive-date=2 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

==Incident==
In 2019, Signal previewed a feature called "secure value recovery" which would allow users installing the app on a new device to retrieve data from cloud servers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technology Preview for secure value recovery |url=https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228040757/https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ |archive-date=28 Dec 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> While the data is stored in Signal's cloud, it is stored in a securely encrypted manner.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=PSA: Disabling PINs will now upload nothing to the server |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082821/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/htmzrr/psa_disabling_pins_will_now_upload_nothing_to_the/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> The data collected and stored includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of each Signal user that had been contacted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854/4 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|Cited source is heavily cherry picked|reason=contact discovery on Signal is private and does not share the phone number as explained later in the cited sources}} Messages are not saved.

Some users objected on philosophical grounds,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don’t want PIN, don’t want anything stored in cloud |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015109/https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-anything-stored-in-cloud/14057 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PIN, cloud storage are showstoppers |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ghsj5b/pin_cloud_storage_are_showstoppers/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forced PIN, bite it Signal |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkle3d/forced_pin_bite_it_signal/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the cloud Signal users! |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hkl914/welcome_to_the_cloud_signal_users/}}</ref> requesting that Signal instead provide a means to export encrypted backups that could be imported locally which would eliminate dependence on cloud-based servers. Some users also raised technical concerns about the security of the system and doubt it could sufficiently protect their data.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Proper secure value security: PINs are too easy to brute force, SGX is not reliable enough |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301015110/https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-security-pins-are-too-easy-to-brute-force-sgx-is-not-reliable-enough/15096 |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> Some of these concerns were also shared by cybersecurity experts,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117232443/https://www.vice.com/en/article/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts/ |archive-date=17 Jan 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Signal Going to Cloud? A Discussion with Sean O'Brien |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFi-VI7_T3o}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Does Signal’s “secure value recovery” really work? |url=https://palant.info/2020/06/16/does-signals-secure-value-recovery-really-work/}}</ref> and security researchers demonstrated that the system was vulnerable to attacks, which allowed them to access the user data being stored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SGX CacheOut SGAxe attack. Signal’s cloud storage and contact discovery vulnerable |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519115856/https://community.signalusers.org/t/sgx-cacheout-sgaxe-attack-signals-cloud-storage-and-contact-discovery-vulnerable/14892 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>{{DisputedInline|reason="In recent weeks, Signal has introduced more features that make it more user friendly to people who may not have extremely paranoid threat models. For example, it’s now possible to migrate all Signal data, including message history, from one phone to another, using a feature that does not rely on cloud servers and is also encrypted, according to Signal. "|Cited vice article explains more nuance}}

Signal's privacy policy remains unaltered from its latest version updated in 2018 and does not reflect the new cloud feature.

===Signal's response===

Signal began to roll out the cloud-based recovery feature in 2020 without clear communication with the public or app users about the new feature.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Can someone explain this new PIN system? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/ggty6n/can_someone_explain_this_new_pin_system/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandatory PIN without clear explanation within the app might cause significant number of users to quit using Signal |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/mandatory-pin-without-clear-explanation-within-the-app-might-cause-significant-number-of-users-to-quit-using-signal/11597}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=What exactly is Signal protecting with the mandatory PIN? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/hymlfd/what_exactly_is_signal_protecting_with_the/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What contact info does the Signal PIN functionality actually save? |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-contact-info-does-the-signal-pin-functionality-actually-save/16854}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Following user backlash, Signal lowers one of its drastic PIN measures |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/many-signal-users-arent-happy-with-new-pin-requirements/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What info does Signal store about it's user? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011111619/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/q5tlg1/what_info_does_signal_store_about_its_user/ |archive-date=11 Oct 2021 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About data collection and data delivery |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201072439/https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/1id3xu8/about_data_collection_and_data_delivery/?ref=readnext |archive-date=1 Feb 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref> Signal users queried the need for the PIN, and communication from the team suggested it was to ensure messages were not missed or lost by keeping messages logged in a cloud format.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I don’t understand what the new PIN requirement is for |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/i-don-t-understand-what-the-new-pin-requirement-is-for/13895}}</ref> A more detailed response from Signal following user backlash explains that cloud backups were encrypted in the same way as messages, and were safe.<ref name=":7" /> Several users requested that Signal update their policy following the change in data collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can Signal please update its Privacy Policy |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519120053/https://community.signalusers.org/t/can-signal-please-update-its-privacy-policy/15323 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Signal’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are not very user friendly |url=https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306164621/https://community.signalusers.org/t/signals-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy-are-not-very-user-friendly/11047 |archive-date=6 Mar 2025 |access-date=6 Mar 2025}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Signal messenger]]

Brother Industries Ltd.

2025-08-29T13:52:21Z

Illerfish2: Marked citations to forums as needing additional support

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Brother Industries Ltd.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1908
| Industry = Printers, Machinery
| Official Website = https://global.brother/
| Logo = Brother logo.svg
}}
'''Brother Industries, Ltd.''' manufactures and sells communications and printing equipment in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through Printing & Solutions, Machinery, Domino, Nissei, Personal & Home, and Network & Contents segments.

Brother has faced consumer criticism and regulatory action, having been criticized for practices that allegedly reduce choice, obfuscate information and accelerate product obsolescence.

==Consumer impact summary==
[[File:Brother Refresh.png|thumb|247x247px]]
Brother non-industrial printers & copiers hold the third largest market share in the Asia Pacific region<ref>{{Cite web |title=Printers & Copiers - Australia |url=https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/consumer-electronics/computing/printers-copiers/australia |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Statista Market Forecast}}</ref> and are a popular choice for home and small business users. Brother's monochromatic, colour, multi-function, laser, and inkjet printers offer a low-price entry and are sold at most large box retailers, where consumables such as toners and cartridges are also readily available. Within the printer category at the largest office and stationery retailer in Australia, Officeworks, Brother is the most represented brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Printers |url=https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/printers |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Officeworks}}</ref>

Users have reported that Brother has initiated various methods to limit or reduce functionality on many printers prior and during usage. This includes:

*'''3rd party consumable lockout''' on various printer models<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Jul 2023 |title=Brother started locking out third party cartridges by firmware updates apparently |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36679980 |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Hacker News}}</ref>{{More citations needed}}
*'''Reduction in print capacity''' via software, firmware and hardware<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=16 Oct 2018 |title=Class Action Claims Brother International Designed Laser Printers to Require Premature Toner Replacement |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-claims-brother-international-designed-laser-printers-to-require-premature-toner-replacement |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=ClassAction.org}}</ref>
*'''Disabling of functionality''' via print counters, software and firmware<ref>{{Cite web |title=MFC-L3750CDW/MFC-L3760CDW vs MF655Cdw |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/18c1hmm/comment/lq8x81g/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=r/printers}}</ref>{{More citations needed}}
*'''Nagware''' screens or pop-ups indicating firmware or software should be updated
*'''Limited or obfuscated information''' regarding effects of software or firmware update implementation<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=22 Mar 2025 |title=Brother MFC-3750CDW won't accept non-genuine ink? |url=https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/35qvkyx3 |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Whirlpool}}</ref>{{More citations needed}}

==Incidents==
Listed models, links and issue cases from users experiencing restrictive implementation:

*'''TN620''' Laser Toner: print counter reduces copy capacity<ref name=":0" />
*'''MFC-3750CDW''' All-in-One Printer: 3rd party cartridge rejection<ref name=":1" />
*Cartridge Battery Prevents Ink Usage: '''[[DCP 3550 CDW Cartridge Failure|DCP 3550 CDW Cartridge Failure]]'''
*MFC-L2750DW All-in-One Printer: 3rd party cartridge rejection

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Brother]]

Brother Industries Ltd.

2025-08-29T13:49:28Z

Illerfish2: Largely fixed citation format, also copy edit. I did not add citations, only changed to proper format and removed a few HP-related citations that were wholly irrelevant to Brother. Will mark unreliable citations shortly.

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Brother Industries Ltd.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1908
| Industry = Printers, Machinery
| Official Website = https://global.brother/
| Logo = Brother logo.svg
}}
'''Brother Industries, Ltd.''' manufactures and sells communications and printing equipment in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through Printing & Solutions, Machinery, Domino, Nissei, Personal & Home, and Network & Contents segments.

Brother has faced consumer criticism and regulatory action, having been criticized for practices that allegedly reduce choice, obfuscate information and accelerate product obsolescence.

==Consumer impact summary==
[[File:Brother Refresh.png|thumb|247x247px]]
Brother non-industrial printers & copiers hold the third largest market share in the Asia Pacific region<ref>{{Cite web |title=Printers & Copiers - Australia |url=https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/consumer-electronics/computing/printers-copiers/australia |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Statista Market Forecast}}</ref> and are a popular choice for home and small business users. Brother's monochromatic, colour, multi-function, laser, and inkjet printers offer a low-price entry and are sold at most large box retailers, where consumables such as toners and cartridges are also readily available. Within the printer category at the largest office and stationery retailer in Australia, Officeworks, Brother is the most represented brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Printers |url=https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/printers |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Officeworks}}</ref>

Users have reported that Brother has initiated various methods to limit or reduce functionality on many printers prior and during usage. This includes:

*'''3rd party consumable lockout''' on various printer models<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Jul 2023 |title=Brother started locking out third party cartridges by firmware updates apparently |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36679980 |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Hacker News}}</ref>
*'''Reduction in print capacity''' via software, firmware and hardware<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=16 Oct 2018 |title=Class Action Claims Brother International Designed Laser Printers to Require Premature Toner Replacement |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-claims-brother-international-designed-laser-printers-to-require-premature-toner-replacement |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=ClassAction.org}}</ref>
*'''Disabling of functionality''' via print counters, software and firmware<ref>{{Cite web |title=MFC-L3750CDW/MFC-L3760CDW vs MF655Cdw |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/18c1hmm/comment/lq8x81g/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=r/printers}}</ref>
*'''Nagware''' screens or pop-ups indicating firmware or software should be updated
*'''Limited or obfuscated information''' regarding effects of software or firmware update implementation<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=22 Mar 2025 |title=Brother MFC-3750CDW won't accept non-genuine ink? |url=https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/35qvkyx3 |url-status=live |access-date=29 Aug 2025 |website=Whirlpool}}</ref>

==Incidents==
Listed models, links and issue cases from users experiencing restrictive implementation:

*'''TN620''' Laser Toner: print counter reduces copy capacity<ref name=":0" />
*'''MFC-3750CDW''' All-in-One Printer: 3rd party cartridge rejection<ref name=":1" />
*Cartridge Battery Prevents Ink Usage: '''[[DCP 3550 CDW Cartridge Failure|DCP 3550 CDW Cartridge Failure]]'''
*MFC-L2750DW All-in-One Printer: 3rd party cartridge rejection

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Brother]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-08-27T17:39:31Z

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OneDrive

2025-08-27T17:37:51Z

Illerfish2: Deleted irrelevant images

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{{ProductCargo
|Logo=OneDrive.svg
|Company=Microsoft
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Cloud storage
|ReleaseYear=2007 (as SkyDrive)|Website=https://onedrive.live.com/}}

'''OneDrive''' is a cloud storage service created by [[Microsoft]] in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.

==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Automatic syncing===
Previously, Microsoft prompted users to back up their devices through reminders and asked for their permission to back folders up to OneDrive. Currently, OneDrive alters the Windows File Explorer to default to OneDrive's folders, and to replace the standard shortcuts to folders for Documents, Images, Downloads, etc. with shortcuts to OneDrive's folders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pippig |first=Laura |date=25 Jun 2024 |title=Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=PCWorld}}</ref> This causes user files to back up to OneDrive by default, even when the folders are disabled for syncing,<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneDrive's Forcable Takeover of Folders Is Intolerable |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/1e5riab/onedrives_forcable_takeover_of_folders_is/ |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> usually without their knowledge or consent.

Once users have reached the maximum space OneDrive allows, they are prompted to pay for additional space, and in some cases are prevented from downloading attachments through Outlook and other Microsoft products.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Mar 2025 |title=OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission? |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3887116/onedrive-syncd-everything-without-permission |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref> Without the standard shortcuts to local folders in place, users are often unaware that they have alternative options. When users attempt to disable OneDrive, the service removes the user's files from the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 Mar 2024 |title=RANT: OneDrive enabled without consent |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4043083/rant-onedrive-enabled-without-consent |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Feb 2023 |title=Onedrive is horrible, invasive and impossible |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5213385/onedrive-is-horrible-invasive-and-impossible |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Onedrive Syncs files without permission and can't be removed without deletion of the files in the local machine. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/zx79j6/onedrive_syncs_files_without_permission_and_cant/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> If users have not made a local backup beforehand, their files are permanently lost.
==See also==
*[[iCloud]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-08-27T17:28:14Z

Illerfish2: Added minor contributions and link to contrib page

Illerfish2, also known as Theory (he/any), is a volunteer editor on the [[Main Page|Consumer Rights Wiki]]. He is based in Colorado, USA and Torreón, Mexico. Aside from wiki editing, he is also a Spanish teacher, freelance ebook editor, amateur web developer, rock climber, artist, and gamer. His edits to the Consumer Rights Wiki are focused on grammatical and tonal issues.

==Creative Contributions==
Articles for which Illerfish2 has submitted a significant proportion of original writing include:
*[[Automotive digital restrictions management]]
*[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]

== Editorial Contributions ==
''This is a list of Illerfish2's significant editorial contributions. For a detailed list of all of Illerfish2's contributions, see [[Special:Contributions/Illerfish2|User contributions for Illerfish2]].''

Articles that Illerfish2 has copy-edited, edited for tone, fixed for citations, and other such contributions include:

* [[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]
* [[Brother Industries Ltd.]]
* [[Flat Earth Clock App]]
* [[OneDrive]]

OneDrive

2025-08-27T17:13:25Z

Illerfish2: Re-wrote Incidents heading for tone

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{{ProductCargo
|Logo=OneDrive.svg
|Company=Microsoft
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Cloud storage
|ReleaseYear=2007 (as SkyDrive)|Website=https://onedrive.live.com/}}

'''OneDrive''' is a cloud storage service created by [[Microsoft]] in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.

==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

=== Automatic syncing ===
Previously, Microsoft prompted users to back up their devices through reminders and asked for their permission to back folders up to OneDrive. Currently, OneDrive alters the Windows File Explorer to default to OneDrive's folders, and to replace the standard shortcuts to folders for Documents, Images, Downloads, etc. with shortcuts to OneDrive's folders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pippig |first=Laura |date=25 Jun 2024 |title=Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=PCWorld}}</ref> This causes user files to back up to OneDrive by default, even when the folders are disabled for syncing,<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneDrive's Forcable Takeover of Folders Is Intolerable |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/1e5riab/onedrives_forcable_takeover_of_folders_is/ |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> usually without their knowledge or consent.

Once users have reached the maximum space OneDrive allows, they are prompted to pay for additional space, and in some cases are prevented from downloading attachments through Outlook and other Microsoft products.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Mar 2025 |title=OneDrive sync'd EVERYTHING without permission? |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3887116/onedrive-syncd-everything-without-permission |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref> Without the standard shortcuts to local folders in place, users are often unaware that they have alternative options. When users attempt to disable OneDrive, the service removes the user's files from the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 Mar 2024 |title=RANT: OneDrive enabled without consent |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4043083/rant-onedrive-enabled-without-consent |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Feb 2023 |title=Onedrive is horrible, invasive and impossible |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5213385/onedrive-is-horrible-invasive-and-impossible |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Microsoft Q&A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Onedrive Syncs files without permission and can't be removed without deletion of the files in the local machine. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/onedrive/comments/zx79j6/onedrive_syncs_files_without_permission_and_cant/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> If users have not made a local backup beforehand, their files are permanently lost.[[File:OneDrive Desktop Shortcut.png|thumb|<u>''Staggering of "feature" implementation (automatic backup):''</u> ''Includes the time & date the shortcut was created, which is when the user opened their computer. See references for evidence that this has been happening to users at different rates over the last year.'']]
[[File:File Corruption When Copying from OneDrive.png|thumb|''<u>File corruption as a result of OneDrive's forced backup:</u> Interrupted action notification from Windows, stating that "file ... has properties that can't be copied to the new location". This file is a recording of a song the user wrote & believed to be safe on their computer.'']]

[[File:OneDrive Permission Notification.png|thumb|''"Ensure'' ''that you have the right permissions to allow the item to sync." User did not request that this or any item be synced to OneDrive.'']]
[[File:OneDrive Notification to "Upgrade" or "Free up space".png|thumb|''Notification from OneDrive to "Upgrade" or "Free up space" - after moving all files it had space for onto OneDrive & off of local storage.'']]
[[File:File In Use by OneDrive.png|thumb|''"File in use [by OneDrive]" notification from Windows when attempting manual backup, not allowing the user to copy their file that OneDrive had moved off of their device.'']]

==See also==
*[[iCloud]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

User:Illerfish2

2025-08-27T16:30:50Z

Illerfish2: added link

Talk:KSP2

2025-08-27T16:30:23Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page Talk:KSP2 to Talk:Kerbal Space Program 2: Longer version of name preferred

#REDIRECT [[Talk:Kerbal Space Program 2]]

Talk:Kerbal Space Program 2

2025-08-27T16:30:23Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page Talk:KSP2 to Talk:Kerbal Space Program 2: Longer version of name preferred

== Kerbal Space Program 2? ==

I had to Google KSP2 to know what it was. I assume it's Kerbal Space Program 2. It would be a good idea to name the article after the full name rather than the acronym. [[User:LegislationRepair|LegislationRepair]] ([[User talk:LegislationRepair|talk]]) 15:41, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

KSP2

2025-08-27T16:30:23Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page KSP2 to Kerbal Space Program 2: Longer version of name preferred

#REDIRECT [[Kerbal Space Program 2]]

Kerbal Space Program 2

2025-08-27T16:30:23Z

Illerfish2: Illerfish2 moved page KSP2 to Kerbal Space Program 2: Longer version of name preferred

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|StartDate=2019
|EndDate=2025
|Status=Active
|Product=KSP2
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Product Termination, Abandonware
|Description=KSP2 turned into abandonware, still being sold and charging full price for the game that was never finished.
}}''Kerbal Space Program 2'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kerbal Space Program 2 |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Steam}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kerbal Space Program 2 |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Steam News Hub}}</ref>

==Background==
''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, 2003.

==Incident==
On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) |url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/jz137 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Quinn |title=Post |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=LinkedIn}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=16 May 2024 |title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=IGN}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Batchelor |first=James |date=6 Nov 2024 |title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>

''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />

==Consumer response==
''Kerbal Space Program'' fans and buyers left over 4,000 negative reviews on the sequel's Steam page within the three months following the announcement of Intercept Games' closure. At the same time, positive reviews diminished sharply, bringing the Steam page's all-time average to "Mostly Negative."<ref name=":0" />

One recent Steam review with over 500 "helpful" ratings reads:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minderbinder |first=Milo |date=26 Jul 2025 |title=Review for Kerbal Space Program 2 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/thatissoawsome/recommended/954850/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 Aug 2025 |website=Steam Community}}</ref><blockquote>Abandonware. This should at least be removed from the steam store and ideally all people who purchased the game should be refunded.

Do not buy. Get KSP1. Do not fund these practices.</blockquote>

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Automotive digital rights management

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'''Digital restrictions management (DRM)''' in automotives is a practice in which automotive manufacturers restrict some of the functionalities of their products by using software to render them inaccessible until the user pays an additional fee, which may be a recurring subscription.

==How it works==
Automotive manufacturers produce their automotives to include hardware that supports specific functionality, but program the automotive to prohibit the user from accessing that functionality unless the user has paid an additional fee. Users' attempts to bypass these restrictions may then be legally disputed or even face criminal charges.

==Why it is a problem==

===Undermines ownership rights===
A consumer purchasing an automotive can reasonably expect to then own and hold rights to the engine, suspension, and windows of that automotive. DRM effectively blocks the consumer from accessing parts of their own property. This calls into question whether the consumer truly owns the product they purchased.

===Rent-seeking===
Per Wikipedia, rent-seeking is "the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating public policy or economic conditions without creating new wealth".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rent-seeking |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Wikipedia}}</ref> Automotive manufacturers expend the same costs to produce their automotives, regardless of whether consumers pay for the additional features or not. Consumers also officially own the systems that enable these features, regardless of whether they pay to use them or not. As a result, automotive manufacturers aim to use DRM to generate additional profits without truly giving the consumer anything that they did not already own.

==Examples==
Some examples of automotive DRM include:

*BMW's heated seat and steering wheel subscription in the United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potts |first=Greg |date=14 Jul 2022 |title=BMW launches heated seat and steering wheel subscription service in the UK |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/bmw-launches-heated-seat-and-steering-wheel-subscription-service-uk |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Top Gear}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Valdez-Dapena |first=Peter |date=3 Jul 2020 |title=Want a heated steering wheel in your BMW? You'll be able to download one via subscription |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/business/bmw-options-software-subscription-features/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=CNN Business}}</ref>
*Mercedes-Benz EQS's rear-wheel steering subscription in Germany<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsui |first=Chris |date=26 Jul 2021 |title=Full Rear-Wheel Steering on Mercedes EQS Will Be $575 Annual Subscription in Germany: Report |url=https://www.thedrive.com/tech/41678/full-rear-wheel-steering-on-mercedes-eqs-will-be-575-annual-subscription-in-germany-report |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=The Drive}}</ref>
*Mercedes-Benz's acceleration increase subscriptions for the EQE and EQS models in the United States<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Apr 2023 |title=Mercedes-Benz USA Announces Performance Acceleration On-Demand Upgrade for EQE and EQS Customers |url=https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mercedes-benz-usa-announces-performance-acceleration-on-demand-upgrade-for-eqe-and-eqs-customers |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Mercedes-Benz Media Newsroom USA}}</ref>
*Audi's tri-zone climate control subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stumpf |first=Rob |date=1 Apr 2022 |title=Audi Owner Finds Basic HVAC Function Paywalled After Pressing the Button for It |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/44967/audi-owner-finds-basic-hvac-function-paywalled-after-pressing-the-button-for-it |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=The Drive}}</ref>
*General Motors' mandatory remote start and connectivity subscriptions for Buick, GMC, and Cadillac<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valdez-Dapena |first=Peter |date=10 Aug 2022 |title=A $1,500 'option' is now mandatory on GMC, Buick, and sokme Cadillac models |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/business/gm-onstar-mandatory/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=CNN Business}}</ref>
*Ford's hands-free steering and lane-change assistance subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seabaugh |first=Christian |date=23 May 2023 |title=2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Yearlong Review: $650/Year to Subscribe to What? |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-lariat-yearlong-review-update-5-subscription-services |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=MotorTrend}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Zac |date=2 Oct 2024 |title=Ford's BlueCruise Driving Aid Now Available As One-Time Purchase |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62490773/ford-bluecruise-now-available-as-one-time-purchase/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Road & Track}}</ref>
*Tesla Model 3's rear-heated seat subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |date=15 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla starts selling rear-heated seats on Model 3 SR and SR Plus as $300 OTA upgrade |url=https://electrek.co/2020/02/15/tesla-rear-heated-seats-model-3-ota-upgrades/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Electrek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klender |first=Joey |date=15 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla unlocks rear heated seats for Model 3 SR and SR Plus as paid OTA upgrade |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-rear-heated-seats-standard-range/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Teslarati}}</ref>
*Tesla's acceleration boost feature<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alvarez |first=Simon |date=5 May 2025 |title=Tesla releases paid performance upgrade for new Model Y |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-model-y-paid-performance-upgrade/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Teslarati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Iqtidar |date=2 Jun 2025 |title=Tesla offers acceleration boost upgrade for the new Model Y |url=https://evannex.com/blogs/news/tesla-offers-acceleration-boost-upgrade-for-the-new-model-y |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=EVANNEX}}</ref>
*Tesla Model Y RWD's battery capacity expansion<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poultney |first=Leon |date=7 May 2024 |title=Want more range on your Tesla Model Y? You might have to pay extra to unlock it |url=https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/want-more-range-on-your-tesla-model-y-you-might-have-to-pay-extra-to-unlock-it |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=TechRadar}}</ref>
*Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscriptions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Tesla Support}}</ref>

==References==
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'''Digital restrictions management (DRM)''' in automotives is a practice in which automotive manufacturers restrict some of the functionalities of their products by using software to render them inaccessible until the user pays an additional fee, which may be a recurring subscription.

==How it works==
Automotive manufacturers produce their automotives to include hardware that supports specific functionality, but program the automotive to prohibit the user from accessing that functionality unless the user has paid an additional fee. Users' attempts to bypass these restrictions may then be legally disputed or even face criminal charges.

==Why it is a problem==

===Undermines ownership rights===
A consumer purchasing an automotive can reasonably expect to then own and hold rights to the engine, suspension, and windows of that automotive. DRM effectively blocks the consumer from accessing parts of their own property. This calls into question whether the consumer truly owns the product they purchased.

===Rent-seeking===
Per Wikipedia, rent-seeking is "the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating public policy or economic conditions without creating new wealth".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rent-seeking |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Wikipedia}}</ref> Automotive manufacturers expend the same costs to produce their automotives, regardless of whether consumers pay for the additional features or not. Consumers also officially own the systems that enable these features, regardless of whether they pay to use them or not. As a result, automotive manufacturers aim to use DRM to generate additional profits without truly giving the consumer anything that they did not already own.

==Examples==
Some examples of automotive DRM include:

*BMW's heated seat and steering wheel subscription in the United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potts |first=Greg |date=14 Jul 2022 |title=BMW launches heated seat and steering wheel subscription service in the UK |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/bmw-launches-heated-seat-and-steering-wheel-subscription-service-uk |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Top Gear}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Valdez-Dapena |first=Peter |date=3 Jul 2020 |title=Want a heated steering wheel in your BMW? You'll be able to download one via subscription |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/business/bmw-options-software-subscription-features/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=CNN Business}}</ref>
*Mercedes-Benz EQS's rear-wheel steering subscription in Germany<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsui |first=Chris |date=26 Jul 2021 |title=Full Rear-Wheel Steering on Mercedes EQS Will Be $575 Annual Subscription in Germany: Report |url=https://www.thedrive.com/tech/41678/full-rear-wheel-steering-on-mercedes-eqs-will-be-575-annual-subscription-in-germany-report |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=The Drive}}</ref>
*Mercedes-Benz's acceleration increase subscriptions for the EQE and EQS models in the United States<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Apr 2023 |title=Mercedes-Benz USA Announces Performance Acceleration On-Demand Upgrade for EQE and EQS Customers |url=https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mercedes-benz-usa-announces-performance-acceleration-on-demand-upgrade-for-eqe-and-eqs-customers |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Mercedes-Benz Media Newsroom USA}}</ref>
*Audi's tri-zone climate control subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stumpf |first=Rob |date=1 Apr 2022 |title=Audi Owner Finds Basic HVAC Function Paywalled After Pressing the Button for It |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/44967/audi-owner-finds-basic-hvac-function-paywalled-after-pressing-the-button-for-it |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=The Drive}}</ref>
*General Motors' mandatory remote start and connectivity subscriptions for Buick, GMC, and Cadillac<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valdez-Dapena |first=Peter |date=10 Aug 2022 |title=A $1,500 'option' is now mandatory on GMC, Buick, and sokme Cadillac models |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/business/gm-onstar-mandatory/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=CNN Business}}</ref>
*Ford's hands-free steering and lane-change assistance subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seabaugh |first=Christian |date=23 May 2023 |title=2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Yearlong Review: $650/Year to Subscribe to What? |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-lariat-yearlong-review-update-5-subscription-services |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=MotorTrend}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Zac |date=2 Oct 2024 |title=Ford's BlueCruise Driving Aid Now Available As One-Time Purchase |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62490773/ford-bluecruise-now-available-as-one-time-purchase/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Road & Track}}</ref>
*Tesla Model 3's rear-heated seat subscription<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |date=15 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla starts selling rear-heated seats on Model 3 SR and SR Plus as $300 OTA upgrade |url=https://electrek.co/2020/02/15/tesla-rear-heated-seats-model-3-ota-upgrades/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Electrek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klender |first=Joey |date=15 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla unlocks rear heated seats for Model 3 SR and SR Plus as paid OTA upgrade |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-rear-heated-seats-standard-range/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Teslarati}}</ref>
*Tesla's acceleration boost feature<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alvarez |first=Simon |date=5 May 2025 |title=Tesla releases paid performance upgrade for new Model Y |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-model-y-paid-performance-upgrade/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Teslarati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Iqtidar |date=2 Jun 2025 |title=Tesla offers acceleration boost upgrade for the new Model Y |url=https://evannex.com/blogs/news/tesla-offers-acceleration-boost-upgrade-for-the-new-model-y |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=EVANNEX}}</ref>
*Tesla Model Y RWD's battery capacity expansion<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poultney |first=Leon |date=7 May 2024 |title=Want more range on your Tesla Model Y? You might have to pay extra to unlock it |url=https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/want-more-range-on-your-tesla-model-y-you-might-have-to-pay-extra-to-unlock-it |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=TechRadar}}</ref>
*Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscriptions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=20 Aug 2025 |website=Tesla Support}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Common terms]]

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