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Creating the internet's largest dedicated repository of information on anti-consumer practices, one edit at a time.

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Your #1 mission: Help build this wiki. We’re looking for contributors who care about protecting consumer rights. Here’s how you can get started:

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Top articles

Wemo Smart home devices such as plugs and light switches that use the HomeKit and Thread protocols.

Milwaukee battery drm Milwaukee Tool, a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries (TTI), produces the M18 line of lithium-ion batteries for use with its cordless power tools.

John Deere John Deere is a leading manufacturer of agricultural and heavy machinery, known for it's anti-repair stances.

Digital rights management Digital rights management (DRM), alternatively known as digital restrictions management, broadly refers to any kind of access control technology that is used to deliberately restrict the usage of media content or devices after the sale.

Google Pixel Watch The Pixel Watch is a line of smartwatches developed and marketed by Google.

Litter Robot Litter-Robot is a brand of automatic, self-cleaning litter boxes manufactured by Whisker.

Announcements

2026-03-17

A couple of announcements today! We're officially launching both the Wiki Zulip server, and the superconfirmed role on the Wiki.

The Zulip server, located at https://zulip.consumerrights.wiki/ (and accessible via the left sidebar), is intended to act as a Discord alternative for those of you who aren't too keen on setting up a Discord account. It is a privacy respecting open source program which we self-host, and we've also set up bridge infrastructure, meaning that many of the main channels on the Discord and Zulip allow for cross-platform communication, with messages sent on one platform being viewable on the other.

Unlike a full wiki mod, superconfirmed users will not have any special privileges relating to banning or managing the permissions of other accounts on the site, but will still be able to remove article notices, edit protected pages, and so on. The full requirements can be found on Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Moderator_applications however the gist of it is that you need to know what you're on about and have ~1 month of productive edits on this wiki, or demonstrate to an administrator that you have experience on another wiki with comparable editorial standards, such as Wikipedia.

2026-03-05

We've released our first annual report! It contains general reflections on the first year of our operation, as well as all the results from the survey carried out a few weeks ago, and our priorities for the near future. Congratulations to everyone on getting the site to this point, and go give it a read!

We're also happy to announce the official release of the Consumer Rights Wiki browser extension, which will flag sites related to products and companies with entries on the wiki as you browse.

Please find the Chrome extension here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consumer-rights-wiki/bppajinomefndbbmopljhbdfefnefdha

And the Firefox extension here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consumer-rights-wiki/

2026-02-22

Quick note to say that we're deprecating Archive.today, and editors should no longer use them for archiving. The reason is a whole bunch of internet drama but long story short, the site maintainer/owner seems to have used malicious Javascript to make all visitors to the site unwittingly participate in a DDOS against the personal website of someone they didn't like, as well as allegedly editing archived pages as a form of harassment against the same target, making archive.today no longer a reliable archive.

In The News

August 2025

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

July 2025

• Buy now, pay later loans will now hit credit scores — and experts think Gen Z could be at risk – FICO plans to include BNPL loans in credit scores this fall, raising flags for young and vulnerable borrowers

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Consumer Tools

Ad & tracking blockers

• Pi-hole – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
• uBlock Origin – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
• Adnauseum - Browser-based ad and tracker blocker built off of uBlock Origin that also clicks ads to obscure your digital fingerprint.

Anti-scam resources

• Have I Been Pwned – Check if your email/password was exposed in a breach.
• CFPB – File complaints and view alerts about financial services.
• VirusTotal / Hybrid Analysis – Scan files for potential malware.
• Triage – Online sandbox for analyzing executables.

Archival tools

• Wayback Machine – World's largest internet archival service
• SingleFile – Browser extension to save website EULA/privacy policy as html locally
• ArchiveBox – Self-hosted website archival tool

Corporate accountability & recalls

• Better Business Bureau (BBB) – Lookup business complaints and file your own.
• SaferProducts.gov – U.S. product recall and complaint site.
• FDA Recalls – Drug and food recall database.

Legal & complaint filing

• Consumer Reports – Independent product reviews and ratings.
• Ripoff Report – Public consumer complaint database.
• ClassAction.org – View or join consumer class-action lawsuits.

Repair & Open designs

• iFixit – Open repository of device repair instructions.
• Open Source Ecology – Open source machinery designs.

Price & product transparency

• CamelCamelCamel – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
• Keepa – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.

Privacy & surveillance tools

• SimpleOptOut – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
  • EasyOptOuts – Automated data broker opt-out service. [Subscription needed]

Subscription & dark pattern tracking

• Trim – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
• Goodbudget – Budgeting app with debt tracker. [Subscription needed]
• Terms of Service; Didn't Read / PrivacySpy – Summarizes privacy policies and rates companies by trustworthiness.
• Deceptive Design – Defines, identifies, and catalogs dark patterns and deceptive design practices in various software and services.
• Dark Pattern Games – A game review website devoted to helping you find games that don't use psychological tricks to manipulate you into becoming an addicted gamer.