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Fossify

2025-08-29T04:58:25Z

Mynameismud: Converted to citations

{{ProductLineCargo
|Company=FossifyOrg
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Software
|Logo=Logo.x5e2U6to.png
|Website=https://www.fossify.org, https://github.com/FossifyOrg
|Description=A collection of apps forked from Simple Mobile Tools that replace big-tech native apps on Android devices with simple, private alternatives.
}}FossifyOrg develops and maintains a suite of stripped down, privacy-respecting applications, which were originally forked from Simple Mobile Tools.<ref>https://www.fossify.org/about/</ref><ref>https://simplemobiletools.com/index.html</ref> The applications are available via the [[Google Play Store]] though can be obtained via [[F-droid]], etc. as well. The Github repo gives an exhaustive list of the actively maintained applications.<ref name=":0">https://https://github.com/FossifyOrg</ref> Highlights include a calendar, music player, gallery, and more.

==Consumer-impact summary==
The project is user supported.<ref>https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Thank-You</ref> As for privacy, unless crucial to functioning, the apps do not request internet access and maintain the minimalist design language of the Simple Mobile Tools.<ref>https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher</ref>

==Incidents==
None to report.

==Products==
Please see the Github page for the list of applications.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
[[Privacy preserving applications]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Fossify

2025-08-29T04:46:48Z

Mynameismud: Added a page for a suite of privacy respecting applications on Android

{{ProductLineCargo
|Company=FossifyOrg
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Software
|Logo=Logo.x5e2U6to.png
|Website=https://www.fossify.org, https://github.com/FossifyOrg
|Description=A collection of apps forked from Simple Mobile Tools that replace big-tech native apps on Android devices with simple, private alternatives.
}}FossifyOrg develops and maintains a suite of stripped down, privacy-respecting applications, which were originally forked from Simple Mobile Tools.[https://www.fossify.org/about/][https://simplemobiletools.com/index.html] The applications are available via the [[Google Play Store]] though can be obtained via [[F-droid]], etc. as well. The Github repo gives an exhaustive list of the actively maintained applications.[https://github.com/FossifyOrg] Highlights include a calendar, music player, gallery, and more.

==Consumer-impact summary==
The project is user supported.[https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Thank-You] As for privacy, unless crucial to functioning, the apps do not request internet access and maintain the minimalist design language of the Simple Mobile Tools.[https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher]

==Incidents==
None to report.

==Products==
Please see the Github page for the list of applications.[https://github.com/FossifyOrg]

==See also==
[[Privacy preserving applications]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Fossify

2025-08-29T04:33:47Z

Mynameismud: Created page with "{{ProductLineCargo |Company=FossifyOrg |InProduction=Yes |ArticleType=Product |Category=Software |Logo=Logo.x5e2U6to.png |Website=https://www.fossify.org, https://github.com/FossifyOrg |Description=A collection of apps forked from Simple Mobile Tools that replace big-tech native apps on Android devices with simple, private alternatives. }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection i..."

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2025-08-29T04:31:26Z

Mynameismud:

Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body

2025-08-26T05:45:40Z

Mynameismud:

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Google
|StartDate=2024
|EndDate=2025
|Status=Active
|ProductLine=Google Pixel
|Product=Google Pixel 9 Pro
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Knowingly selling defective product
|Description=Camera bar on Google Pixel 9 Pro devices is prone to separating from the body. Google would not replace device. A case is suggested.
}}Android Police reported in late January 2025 that the camera bar on Google Pixel 9 Pro models are separating from the main body of the phone, compromising dirt and water resistance of the device.[https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pixel-9-pro-camera-bar-breaking-again/] Google appears to be aware of the issue but has chosen not to repair impacted devices. Issues with the distinctive camera bar has been recurring, as highlighted by the article. With the Google Pixel 10 Pro featuring a nearly identical design, time will tell if the issue has been properly addressed or not.

==Background==
{{Ph-I-B}}

==[Incident]==
{{Ph-I-I}}

===[Company]'s response===
{{Ph-I-ComR}}

==Lawsuit==
{{Ph-I-L}}

==Consumer response==
{{Ph-I-ConR}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ph-I-C}}

Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body

2025-08-26T05:40:23Z

Mynameismud: Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body

Article suggestions

2025-08-26T05:24:24Z

Mynameismud: Added a suggestion for a where-to-find guide for DRM-free digital content

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==Example==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Company
!Summary of Incident
!Refs
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|[[Nintendo]]
|In 2025, the company Nintendo stripped Switch 2 consoles that used the MIG switch cartridge of all online functionality
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Scattered Brain |date=Jun 16, 2025 |title=Soo... Nintendo banned my Switch 2 (Don't try the MIG Switch!) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgYTA18_vo&t=656s |access-date=Jun 18, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=Jun 17, 2025 |title=Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups” |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/playing-personal-game-backups-could-get-your-switch-2-banned-by-nintendo/ |access-date=Jun 19, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
|}

==List of incidents not yet covered==
{| class="wikitable"
!Company
!Summary of Incident
!Refs
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|[[Audi]]
|Subscription-based paywalling of basic features of the Audi A3 in the EU and the UK.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=MickDrivesCars |date=2025-07-28 |title=How to ruin your car brand |url=https://youtu.be/ueHgn6UTZjk |url-status=live |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Haefner |first=Morgan |last2=Hodge |first2=Lawrence |date=2024-03-14 |title=Audi wants buyers to pay for basic car features |url=https://qz.com/audi-a3-buyers-must-subscribe-to-use-basic-car-features-1851333470 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/B1SHT |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25 |work=Quartz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hundal |first=Thomas |date=2024-03-13 |title=Audi Wants European A3 Customers To Subscribe To Features That Come Standard On A Base Toyota Corolla |url=https://www.theautopian.com/audi-wants-european-a3-customers-to-subscribe-to-features-that-come-standard-on-a-base-toyota-corolla/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208095611/https://www.theautopian.com/audi-wants-european-a3-customers-to-subscribe-to-features-that-come-standard-on-a-base-toyota-corolla/ |archive-date=2025-02-08 |access-date=2025-08-25 |work=The Autopian}}</ref>
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|LBRY Foundation, Oddessy
|Community first decentralization & Odysseys plan to enable censorship by switching away from the opensource LBRY network.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The LBRY Foundation |url=https://lbry.org/ |url-status=live |access-date=08 Aug 2025 |quote=The LBRY community invites everyone to join us in building a more free and open way to share content and information online.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=RT |date=06 June 2024 |title=Decentralized YouTube alternative Odysee acquired by Forward Research despite content concerns |url=https://www.theblock.co/post/298888/decentralized-youtube-alternative-odysee-acquired-by-forward-research-despite-content-concerns |url-status=live |access-date=8/16/25 |work=The Block}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Li |first=Jun |last2=Grintsvayg |first2=Alex |last3=Kauffman |first3=Jeremy |last4=Fleming |first4=Charles |date=2020 |title=LBRY: A Blockchain-Based Decentralized Digital Content Marketplace |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9126007 |journal=2020 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS) |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/DAPPS49028.2020.00005 |isbn=978-1-7281-6978-1 |via=IEEE Xplore}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Anticompetitive behavior contributing to the damaging of the security of customer devices.
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Triplette |first=Ryan |date=Nov 15, 2024 |title=Microsoft’s anticompetitive behavior weakens its customers’ cybersecurity |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2024/11/microsofts-anticompetitive-behavior-weakens-its-customers-cybersecurity/?readmore=1 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Federal News Network}}</ref>
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|[[Samsung]], [[Glance]]
|Using the faces of its devices' users for the purposes of generating ads with AI to display on the lock screen
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=Jun 4, 2025 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fink |first=Charlie |date=2025-06-04 |title=Glance AI And Samsung Bring Personalized Shopping To The Lock Screen |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2025/06/04/glance-ai-and-samsung-bring-personalized-shopping-to-the-lock-screen/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Allison |date=2025-06-04 |title=Samsung phones are getting a weird AI shopping platform nobody asked for |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/679541/samsung-galaxy-glance-ai-lock-screen-app |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Devenport |first=Corbin |date=2025-06-04 |title=Lock Screen Ads Are Coming to Your Galaxy Phone |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/lock-screen-ads-are-coming-to-your-galaxy-phone/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=How To Geek}}</ref>
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|[[Facebook]], [[Yandex]]
|De-anonymizing web browsing identifiers
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wildeboer |first=Jan |date=Jun 03, 2025 |title=Wildeboer post from Jan Wildeboer |url=https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/114620123151656825 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=social.wildeboer.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodin |first=Dan |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[[TikTok]]
|Integrated AI tools to track user behaviors even more for the purposes of selling to advertisers
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/678255/tiktok-advertiser-summit-ai-targeting-data-seo |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>
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|[[k.chicntech]]
|Selling fraudulent products on its platform
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=Shopper denied $51 refund for 20TB HDD that’s mostly a weighted plastic box |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/man-buys-20tb-portable-hdd-for-51-son-breaks-the-news-that-its-a-fake/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[[Facebook]], [[Yandex]]
|Automatic opt-in of user-generated content being used for the purposes of training AI.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borgesius |first=Frederik |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=Post on akademienl.social |url=https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius/114392662340468118 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=akademienl.social}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=AP: kom nu in actie als je niet wil dat Meta AI traint met jouw data |url=https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-kom-nu-in-actie-als-je-niet-wil-dat-meta-ai-traint-met-jouw-data |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Terms enacted in April reserve it the right to analyze sensitive call data
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saam |first=Conrad |date=Apr 24, 2025 |title=Google asserts ownership of all advertiser assets in Local Services Ads |url=https://searchengineland.com/google-asset-ownership-local-services-ads-454561 |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=Search Engine Land}}</ref>
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|[[VidIQ]]
|Scraping user generated content so poorly that it puts users at risk of violating copyright law
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=CutCafe |date=Jan 24, 2025 |title=This AI tool is EXPLOITING small content creators (So I exposed it) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg8JZozCa0c |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Waymo]]
|Using interior camera to train GenAI models; automatic opt-in
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bellan |first=Rebecca |date=Apr 8, 2025 |title=Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, but riders will be able to opt out |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/waymo-may-use-interior-camera-data-to-train-generative-ai-models-sell-ads/ |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=TechCrunch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew |date=April 7, 2025 |title=Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/644770/waymo-interior-camera-ai-training-ads-privacy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-14}}</ref>
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|[[Dymo]]
|550 and newer models have DRM in the printer paper; older model printers bricked via a driver update.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malawey |first=David |date=Apr 3, 2025 |title=discard junkware and the extract pure value of Dymo |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hlhPRlxA9s |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Google]]
|Numerous incidents listed under Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Google_litigation|Google Litigation]] page
|N/A
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|[[UPS]]
|Charges excessively high brokerage fees disguised as "customs fees" that exceed shipping costs when mailing a product from the US to Canada; sent person in source a $42.60 bill AFTER delivering the package, without the person being informed of the shipper being UPS.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Nov 14, 2024 |title=I Fought UPS' Bogus Brokerage Fees, And Won |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKju9a4lA5I |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Liberty Safe]]
|At the point of sale (POS) of the safe, the consumer was not informed that the manufacturer has a backdoor for the safe. In this specific incident, this backdoor was used to bypass the security for the purposes of the FBI
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runkle Of The Bailey |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=Liberty Safe Has Secret Backdoors -- And They Gave It To the FBI |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeCwrX2gcXM |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[Yubo]]
|Only in-scope elements of the provided source should focus on "age estimation" and "facial recognition", despite the ethical dubiousness of the platform for minors.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=CinemaGuess |date=Jun 25, 2025 |title=Yubo; The Most Dangerous Snapchat Clone Ever Made |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKm5gkG9yMw |access-date=Jun 26, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
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|[[itch.io]], [[Night School Studios]], [[Netflix]]
|In September 2024, users who purchased Oxenfree on itch.io were warned that the game was going to be pulled from the platform on October 1st. Consumers would not be able to download the installers after this date, so they would lose access unless they had them backed up. Users speculated that Netflix, the parent company of the development studio, had ordered the move; however, no response from Netflix or the developers was ever published. This is particularly notable because it is against itch.io's terms of service: "Users shall retain a license to this content even after the content is removed from the Service."
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=itch corp |date=15 Apr 2023 |title=itch.io Terms of Service |url=https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907004719/https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms |archive-date=7 Sep 2024 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=itch.io}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=ShawnS |date=31 Jan 2025 |title=OXENFREE |url=https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321070400/https://delistedgames.com/oxenfree/ |archive-date=21 Mar 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=Delisted Games}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Colp |first=Tyler |date=9 Sep 2024 |title=Another reminder that your digital library isn't forever: Oxenfree will be completely removed from Itch.io next month |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523111125/https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/another-reminder-that-your-digital-library-isn-t-forever-oxenfree-will-be-completely-removed-from-itch-io-next-month/ |archive-date=23 May 2025 |access-date=27 Jun 2025 |website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
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|[https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=SourceForge.net_forces_users_to_inconditionally_accept_terms_of_use_with_no_alternative_before_logging_in&veaction=edit&section=2 Sourceforge.net]
|Sourceforge forces users to accept terms and conditions before they can even log in, denying their right to refuse or disagree.
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|[[Electronic Arts]]
|The video game [[Anthem]] was announced to have its servers shut down, leading to all licenses for the title becoming bricked.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hore |first=Jamie |date=Jul 3, 2025 |title=Anthem will soon die for good, as Bioware confirms a full server shut down |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/anthem/servers-shutting-down-bioware |access-date=Jul 4, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>
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|[https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/partner-programs/ DriveSavers]
|Through DriveSavers' partner program, independent or otherwise affiliated shops receive an approximately 10% commission for referring customers to the service (typical service being approximately $3,000.00, resulting in $300.00 of commission for partners). On top of this, partnered shops also receive DriveSavers branded merchandise (pens, antistatic mats and similar shop equipment, etc). Has relevance as this may result in partners having heavy incentives to refer customers to a service they may not need.
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|[https://www.skystone.games/ Skystone Games]
|Boundary, a multiplayer online-only first-person shooter, got shut down just a year after its release by Skystone games, and its publishing rights relinquished, citing "ongoing delays and a lack of updates from the developer". Studio Surgical Scalpels (the developer) stated that the publisher decissions were "extremely sudden and unreasonable", and attempted to "regain the rights to boundary". The game has been offline for more than a year at the time of writing, and no refunds or communications to the userbase has been made by Skystone Games.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Boundary - End of service notice |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1364020/view/4209257868262605607?l=english |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Steam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=Boundary Shut Down: Who's to Blame? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8IhV1fovE |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|Factory reset and deconfiguration guides for removing personal/sensitive data from devices before change of ownership to avoid that data being used for identity theft, spear phishing and scams.
|<ref>{{cite web|title=ACCC Report Revelations Of Scams And Cyber Crime Not Surprising |website=Tech Business News |url=https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/accc-report-revelations-of-scams-and-cyber-crime-not-surprising/ |publication-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=20 July 2025 |quote="Whilst there exists the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the Information Security Manual (ISM) which direct government and critical industry to use NAID AAA certified recyclers to destroy and sanitise data at end of life, there remains confusion over ownership of accountability."}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|Users are being forced by law to violate their privacy to access adult websites, when numerous sites that won't follow the law exist and are unsafe.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortutay |first=Barbara |date=27 Jun 2025 |title=What to know about online age verification laws {{!}} AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/internet-age-verification-supreme-court-def346d7bf299566a3687d8c4f224fec |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Jun 2025 |title=The Scam of Age Verification {{!}} PORNBIZ.COM |url=https://pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification/en#5 |url-status=live |access-date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Microsoft uses software engineers based in China to work on US Defense Department systems with laughably ineffective precautions. I think this is relevant in the context of Microsoft's attitude towards cloud security. In the past, master keys have been stolen by Chinese hackers and from my understanding, it's not even clear to what extent those groups still have access to Microsoft's internal systems, and by extension, Microsoft customers'. This needs more research though.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dudley |first=Renee |date=2025-07-15 |title=A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers |website=ProRepublica}}</ref>
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|Not applicable
|[[Malicious Compliance]]
Companies like Apple comply with regulations such as those imposed by the EU by trying to follow the wording, but not the spirit of the legislation. For instance, there were early reports that Apple would support USB-C, but only with Apple certified devices and cables, allowing them to continue the lucrative "Made for iPhone" certification programme. They only backtracked when the EU indicated this would not be considered compliant with the USB-C mandate.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malicious Compliance |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance |website=Wikipedia}}</ref>
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|[[Microsoft]]
|Potentially related to: [[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]]
Mysteriously banned the developer of LibreOffice from his Hotmail Account; Automated systems handled the appeal process and refused to restore access to his account, potentially harming LibreOffice's development.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simms |first=Daniel |date=Jul 30, 2025 |title=Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/108878-microsoft-suddenly-bans-libreoffice-developer-email-account-blocks.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=TechSpot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beri |first=Devesh |date=Aug 1, 2025 |title=Microsoft Bans Profile Belonging to Developer Behind Free Microsoft Office Alternative |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/microsoft-bans-profile-belonging-developer-204536148.html |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=ExtremeTech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Rohit |date=Aug 3, 2025 |title=LibreOffice Developer Says Microsoft Blocked His Email Account Without Warning |url=https://www.alltechnerd.com/libreoffice-developer-says-microsoft-blocked-his-email-account-without-warning/ |access-date=Aug 4, 2025 |work=All Tech Nerd}}</ref>
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|[[Swiffer]]
|When using a Swiffer wet jet power mop you need to buy Swiffer's WetJet Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner which comes in a bottle with a cap on it that the customer can not take off and refill with their own floor cleaner of their choice. The cap is "locked" with plastic hooks that prevent refilling and force the customer to buy another bottle which is heavily priced.
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|[[Assioma]]

|When purchasing power pedals that just need to output ANT+ data, you cannot use the product you have bought without creating an account, logging into the app and pairing your phone with BLE (lots of phones can't do this pair step). This is claimed by the manufacturer for warranty activation but mean without a phone with the right capability you can't use your expensive power pedals.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=FAQs |url=https://cycling.favero.com/en/faq#headingFAQ6-Favero-Assioma-App}}</ref>
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|[[Discord]]
|RubenSim's bot "Ro-Cleaner", which protects servers from users who have joined "Roblox Condo" servers in the past, is banned because it invades user's privacy and accesses "Protected Characteristics". Should also be added to [[Roblox's problematic moderation]].
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|[[TeamViewer]]
|TeamViewer's free trial automatically enrolls users into a paid subscription unless they provide 28 days' advance written notice to cancel. This excessively long cancellation window, combined with the requirement for written notice (rather than allowing cancellations through the same platform used for sign-up), creates a high risk of unintended charges. If users fail to meet these stringent requirements, TeamViewer bills the full annual subscription fee without further warning
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-03 |title=All about subscription |url=https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628031915/https://www.teamviewer.com/en/global/support/knowledge-base/teamviewer-classic/licensing/subscription/all-about-subscription/ |archive-date=2025-06-28 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=TeamViewer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ozgurozkan |title=TeamViewer invoiced me after a free trial + demanded “28‑day written cancellation.” Proofs inside |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/teamviewer/comments/1mpzpo5/teamviewer_invoiced_me_after_a_free_trial/ |url-status=live |website=Reddit}}</ref>
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|Embodied
|This is case of "software tethering". Embodied's $799 companion robot Moxie permanently shut down once the company decided to shut down cloud services. According to Embodied's own website "Moxie relies on cloud connectivity for its core features, and it will not function once services end ... Our Terms of Service specify that services may be terminated at any time without prior notice."
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Notopoulos |first=Katie |date=2024-12-11 |title=They bought an $800 AI robot for their kids. Now the company is shutting down — and children are having to say goodbye. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816193431/https://www.businessinsider.com/moxie-robot-toy-shutting-down-kids-embodied-goodbye-2024-12?op=1 |archive-date=2025-08-16 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Closing FAQs – Moxie Robot |url=https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126054436/https://moxierobot.com/pages/closing-faqs |archive-date=2024-11-26 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=moxierobot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Degeurin |first=Mack |date=2024-12-10 |title=‘I love you… goodbye:’ What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies? |url=https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212035257/https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/ |archive-date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Popular Science}}</ref>
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|UP3 By Jawbone
|Approximately 2011, Pioneering startup company from San Francisco, had revolutionary fitness trackers. In 2017 with no notice to customers they stole personal data and shut down app which in turn, bricked devices. Highly likely went bankrupt and sold to sister company to manipulate customer services and rights. Now owned by Aliph brands.
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|GoPro Hero 12
|GoPro Hero 12 requires the GoPro app to be installed before you can use the camera. Many currently used devices are not compatible with the app, therefore making use of the camera difficult to impossible for new owners or upon camera factory reset. There's also the question of what data the app collects and whether it requires login and or camera activation.
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|[[Internet radios]]
|I'd like a page where I can share information about internet radios "openness." Few allow you to enter a radio station's URL (which I would consider the least intrusive option). Most depend on third-party websites or apps; [https://www.sangean.com/uk/blog/149 some of which have already bricked devices].
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|Google TLS Changes
|Google's new requirements to certificate authorities require separate authority/signing chains to be used to issue Server Authentication and Client Authentication certificates. Therefore, starting 11 February 2026, Let's Encrypt will no longer include the Client Authentication EKU on default certificates
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|Devolo
|Devolo switches of servers and removes their app from stores for their "Home Control" system, thus severely reducing the functionality of their devices (apparently Z-Wave-based).
|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.golem.de/news/weiterbetrieb-verursacht-weitere-kosten-devolo-macht-smart-home-system-zum-grossteil-unbrauchbar-2508-199409.html |website=Golem [German]}}</ref>
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|Juicero
|Silicon Valley startup that received more than $100 million in funding from investors such as Google and Campbell's Soup. Produced a juicer which was sold for $700 (later $400). Device required a Wi-Fi connection and mobile app in order to use and only accepted "produce packs" sold exclusively by Juicero. Said produce packs had short shelf lives, required the machine to scan a QR code to process, and could be remotely disabled (for instance, if a component item was recalled). Packs were capable of being squeezed by hand (yielding slightly more juice in less time) as demonstrated in an infamous Bloomberg video, which led to the company offering refunds for its juicer. Suspended all operations and (again) offered refunds on September 1st, 2017.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=2017-09-01 |title=Squeezed out: widely mocked startup Juicero is shutting down {{!}} Silicon Valley {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/01/juicero-silicon-valley-shutting-down |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901233738/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/01/juicero-silicon-valley-shutting-down |archive-date=2017-09-01 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carson |first=Biz |date=2017-04-20 |title=Juicero Offers Refund For Squeezing Juice Packets |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/juicero-offers-refund-for-squeezing-juice-packets-2017-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421033635/http://www.businessinsider.com/juicero-offers-refund-for-squeezing-juice-packets-2017-4 |archive-date=2017-04-21 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Huet |first=Ellen |last2=Zaleski |first2=Olivia |date=2017-04-19 |title=Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-19/silicon-valley-s-400-juicer-may-be-feeling-the-squeeze |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429015614/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-19/silicon-valley-s-400-juicer-may-be-feeling-the-squeeze |archive-date=2017-04-29 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Claire |date=2018-09-08 |title=Juicero is still the greatest example of Silicon Valley stupidity |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/juicero-is-still-the-greatest-example-of-silicon-valley-stupidity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104015047/https://www.cnet.com/culture/juicero-is-still-the-greatest-example-of-silicon-valley-stupidity/ |archive-date=2024-11-04 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=CNET}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolodny |first=Lora |date=2025-09-01 |title=The tech start-up that made a $700 juicing machine has shut down |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/01/the-tech-start-up-that-made-a-700-juicing-machine-has-shut-down.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905084642/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/01/the-tech-start-up-that-made-a-700-juicing-machine-has-shut-down.html |archive-date=2017-09-05 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=CNBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mihalcik |first=Carrie |date=2017-09-01 |title=Juicero shuts down, offers refunds |url=https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/juicero-shuts-down-offers-refunds/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702172950/https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/juicero-shuts-down-offers-refunds/ |archive-date=2025-07-02 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=CNET}}</ref>
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|Flock Security
|ALPRs that have been popping up everywhere. No way to opt out of surveillance. Maybe also make an article on the car-mounted cameras.
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|Foxit Reader
|Updater uses dark pattern to trick unsuspecting users into installing a trial version of their paid product. The checkbox is enabled again by default with each update in the hope that the user misses it by accident at some point.
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|Lowes
|Lowes uses flock cameras and other AI powered cameras to collect data and build a profile on "prospective, current, or former Lowe's customers". Their cameras point away from their stores.
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|-
|Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
|CCSF in their eligibility form requires high school students to agree to a User Agreement which includes waiving their FERPA rights to inspecting otherwise confidential information that the foundation collects throughout the scholarship process, including sensitive information such as home addresses and financial status.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Aug 2025 |title=Eligibility Quiz (click SUBMIT) |url=https://webportalapp.com/sp/task_item_primary_print/ccsf?item_id=1 |url-status=live |access-date=24 Aug 2025 |website=Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation}}</ref>
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|English Government
|Mass facial-recognition cameras and facial-recognition vans
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|-
|Google
|Android intending to ban sideloading of unverified applications by 2026/7, further centralizing control to Google and eroding freedom on Google builds of Android.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=2025-08-25 |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/20250825213045/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/ |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref>
|-
|[[H&R Block]]
|Marketing paid products as free, deleting users' tax data upon downgrading to free versions, and forcing users to contact support to get access to the free version of the tax filing software. FTC alleges coercive and obstructive techniques are used to make users pay for services they don't need as well.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-23 |title=FTC Takes Action Against Tax Prep Company H&R Block For Wiping Consumers’ Data, Deceptively Marketing ‘Free’ Online Filing |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-takes-action-against-tax-prep-company-hr-block-wiping-consumers-data-deceptively-marketing-free |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref>
|-
|Motorola
|Motorola makes the L5M Mobile LPR
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|-
|N/A
|Patriot Act
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|A where-to-find guide for DRM-free e-books and audiobooks, games, movies, music
|Suggest to compile resources where DRM-free digital content can be purchased, such as Rakuten-Kobo's DRM-free section, ebooks.com, smashwords, storybundle, libro.fm, bandcamp, etc. Not to say all these stores/companies are great in other respects. Currently, DRM is discussed in fragments throughout the wiki.
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|}
==See Also==

*[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]

==Reference List==
<references />
[[Category:Sources]]

1Password

2025-08-26T05:15:18Z

Mynameismud:

{{Delete|no article contents, no references}}
{{ProductCargo
|Company=Agilebits
|ProductLine=1Password
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Software,Password Managers
|Website=https://1password.com/
|Description=1Password is a secure password manager that stores and encrypts passwords, login details, and other sensitive information in a digital vault
|Logo=1Password-logo.png|ReleaseYear=2006}}1Password is a multi-platform subscription-based [[Password manager]] developed by [[AgileBits Inc]]. One of the unique elements of this password manager is the combination of a master password with a second secret key generated on-device (i.e., not in the cloud). Unlocking a user's vault therefore requires '''both''' pieces of information to decrypt and access. Conventional [[Two factor authentication]] using either software tokens or hardware-based tokens (e.g., [[Yubikey]], [[Google Titan]]) can be added to further secure a vault. 1Password is not open source and not self-hostable.

Beyond passwords, 1Password is capable of storing myriad site credentials including one-time codes, emails / user names, and additional notes. A user can also choose a preferred single sign-on service to login.

==Consumer impact summary==

===User Freedom===
Users can import existing passwords from other managers and export passwords and other content in formats suitable for importing into other managers. 1Password is not a walled-garden. Allowing the subscription to expire places an account in a read-only state, allowing the user to download their passwords and other saved content.

"You can export your 1Pasword information at any time. If you discontinue payment, your account will enter a frozen (read-only) state that still allows you to retrieve and export your information. Your export will be limited to the information you saved in 1Password. We can’t guarantee that vault permissions, group structures, and other details about relationships between people and information are included."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/]

===User Privacy===
Extracted directly from the privacy policy,

"We’ll never lock you out of your 1Password account, but we’re unable to decrypt it for you."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/] (implies anything in it is hidden from the company)

"You have the right to know what we know. You have the right to know what we know about you and see how we handle that information. If you make such a request, you’ll receive a screenshot of what we can see about you in our systems. To protect customer privacy, these requests will be carefully authenticated beyond demonstrating control of the registered email address." (expect to be any identifying information you have to provide in order to use the service such as email, name, address, payment information)

===User Security===
Users should be aware that using password manager browser extensions increases their vulnerability to clickjacking[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-password-managers-can-leak-logins-in-clickjacking-attacks/] [https://cybernews.com/security/password-managers-autofill-credentials-for-attackers/] where the autofill feature of password managers is abused to trick the password manager into leaking user credentials and other sensitive details. It is always best practice to copy in these elements on trusted pages manually.

===Business Model===
Subscription based, has a strong emphasis on enterprise credential management, especially for secret management for software development (e.g., SSH keys, authentication tokens, API keys, etc.).

===Market Control===
Password managers are pretty much a dime a dozen these days, highly competitive.

==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]].

===1Password Okta instance breach, discovered 29 Sept 2023===
{{Main|link to the main article}}

1Password published a blog post[https://blog.1password.com/okta-incident/] (direct to PDF)[https://blog.1password.com/files/okta-incident/okta-incident-report.pdf] disclosing an internal investigation of the breach. It largely appears one of the attackers actions triggered an email to a member of the IT team who acted swiftly to contain the breach. The company reported user data was not exfiltrated or decrypted.
==See also==
{{Ph-C-SA}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

1Password

2025-08-26T05:14:14Z

Mynameismud: Completed a missing sentence under Market Control

{{Delete|no article contents, no references}}
{{ProductCargo
|Company=Agilebits
|ProductLine=1Password
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Software,Password Managers
|Website=https://1password.com/
|Description=1Password is a secure password manager that stores and encrypts passwords, login details, and other sensitive information in a digital vault
|Logo=1Password-logo.png|ReleaseYear=2006}}1Password is a multi-platform subscription-based [[Password manager]] developed by [[AgileBits Inc]]. One of the unique elements of this password manager is the combination of a master password with a second secret key generated on-device (i.e., not in the cloud). Unlocking a user's vault therefore requires '''both''' pieces of information to decrypt and access. Conventional [[Two factor authentication]] using either software tokens or hardware-based tokens (e.g., [[Yubikey]], [[Google Titan]]) can be added to further secure a vault. 1Password is not open source and not self-hostable.

Beyond passwords, 1Password is capable of storing myriad site credentials including one-time codes, emails / user names, and additional notes. A user can also choose a preferred single sign-on service to login.

==Consumer impact summary==

===User Freedom===
Users can import existing passwords from other managers and export passwords and other content in formats suitable for importing into other managers. 1Password is not a walled-garden. Allowing the subscription to expire places an account in a read-only state, allowing the user to download their passwords and other saved content.

"You can export your 1Pasword information at any time. If you discontinue payment, your account will enter a frozen (read-only) state that still allows you to retrieve and export your information. Your export will be limited to the information you saved in 1Password. We can’t guarantee that vault permissions, group structures, and other details about relationships between people and information are included."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/]

===User Privacy===
Extracted directly from the privacy policy,

"We’ll never lock you out of your 1Password account, but we’re unable to decrypt it for you."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/] (implies anything in it is hidden from the company)

"You have the right to know what we know. You have the right to know what we know about you and see how we handle that information. If you make such a request, you’ll receive a screenshot of what we can see about you in our systems. To protect customer privacy, these requests will be carefully authenticated beyond demonstrating control of the registered email address." (expect to be any identifying information you have to provide in order to use the service such as email, name, address, payment information)

===User Security===
Users should be aware that using password manager browser extensions increases their vulnerability to clickjacking[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-password-managers-can-leak-logins-in-clickjacking-attacks/] [https://cybernews.com/security/password-managers-autofill-credentials-for-attackers/] where the autofill feature of password managers is abused to trick the password manager into leaking user credentials and other sensitive details. It is always best practice to copy in these elements on trusted pages manually.

===Business Model===
Subscription based, has a strong emphasis on enterprise credential management, especially for secret management for software development (e.g., SSH keys, authentication tokens, API keys, etc.).

===Market Control===
Password managers are pretty much a dime a dozen these days, highly competitive.

==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]].

===1Password Okta instance break, discovered 29 Sept 2023===
{{Main|link to the main article}}

1Password published a blog post[https://blog.1password.com/okta-incident/] (direct to PDF)[https://blog.1password.com/files/okta-incident/okta-incident-report.pdf] disclosing an internal investigation of the breach. It largely appears one of the attackers actions triggered an email to a member of the IT team who acted swiftly to contain the breach. The company reported user data was not exfiltrated or decrypted.
==See also==
{{Ph-C-SA}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

1Password

2025-08-26T05:13:08Z

Mynameismud: Added basic content to flesh out the page somewhat

{{Delete|no article contents, no references}}
{{ProductCargo
|Company=Agilebits
|ProductLine=1Password
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Product
|Category=Software,Password Managers
|Website=https://1password.com/
|Description=1Password is a secure password manager that stores and encrypts passwords, login details, and other sensitive information in a digital vault
|Logo=1Password-logo.png|ReleaseYear=2006}}1Password is a multi-platform subscription-based [[Password manager]] developed by [[AgileBits Inc]]. One of the unique elements of this password manager is the combination of a master password with a second secret key generated on-device (i.e., not in the cloud). Unlocking a user's vault therefore requires '''both''' pieces of information to decrypt and access. Conventional [[Two factor authentication]] using either software tokens or hardware-based tokens (e.g., [[Yubikey]], [[Google Titan]]) can be added to further secure a vault. 1Password is not open source and not self-hostable.

Beyond passwords, 1Password is capable of storing myriad site credentials including one-time codes, emails / user names, and additional notes. A user can also choose a preferred single sign-on service to login.

==Consumer impact summary==

=== User Freedom ===
Users can import existing passwords from other managers and export passwords and other content in formats suitable for importing into other managers. 1Password is not a walled-garden. Allowing the subscription to expire places an account in a read-only state, allowing the user to download their passwords and other saved content.

"You can export your 1Pasword information at any time. If you discontinue payment, your account will enter a frozen (read-only) state that still allows you to retrieve and export your information. Your export will be limited to the information you saved in 1Password. We can’t guarantee that vault permissions, group structures, and other details about relationships between people and information are included."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/]

=== User Privacy ===
Extracted directly from the privacy policy,

"We’ll never lock you out of your 1Password account, but we’re unable to decrypt it for you."[https://support.1password.com/1password-privacy/] (implies anything in it is hidden from the company)

"You have the right to know what we know. You have the right to know what we know about you and see how we handle that information. If you make such a request, you’ll receive a screenshot of what we can see about you in our systems. To protect customer privacy, these requests will be carefully authenticated beyond demonstrating control of the registered email address." (expect to be any identifying information you have to provide in order to use the service such as email, name, address, payment information)

=== User Security ===
Users should be aware that using password manager browser extensions increases their vulnerability to clickjacking[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-password-managers-can-leak-logins-in-clickjacking-attacks/] [https://cybernews.com/security/password-managers-autofill-credentials-for-attackers/] where the autofill feature of password managers is abused to trick the password manager into leaking user credentials and other sensitive details. It is always best practice to copy in these elements on trusted pages manually.

=== Business Model ===
Subscription based, has a strong emphasis on enterprise credential management, especially for secret management for software development (e.g., SSH keys, authentication tokens, API keys, etc.).

=== Market Control ===
Password managers

==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]].

===1Password Okta instance break, discovered 29 Sept 2023===
{{Main|link to the main article}}

1Password published a blog post[https://blog.1password.com/okta-incident/] (direct to PDF)[https://blog.1password.com/files/okta-incident/okta-incident-report.pdf] disclosing an internal investigation of the breach. It largely appears one of the attackers actions triggered an email to a member of the IT team who acted swiftly to contain the breach. The company reported user data was not exfiltrated or decrypted.
==See also==
{{Ph-C-SA}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]