privacytools.io

Do you know what impact it has had? privacytools.io removed it from their list as it is superseded by uBlock Origin: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/1864

FYI, Privacy Guides is a shitshow. It was formerly privacytools.io[1], and in 2019, the creator[2] of privacytools.io stopped contributing[3] and a new contributor[4] immediately focused on donations[5], became the admin[6] and took control[7] of most assets, including donations but excluding the domain and Twitter account[8]. In 2021, the creator of privacytools.io launched a new privacytools.io[9] and added affiliate links[10], and the Privacy Guides team shut down r/privacytoolsIO rather than return it[11] to the creator. Like I said, a shitshow. [1] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io [2] https://www.reddit.com/user/BurungHantu [3] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?auth... [4] https://github.com/jonaharagon [5] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?afte... [6] https://github.com/pri

Or the fork which is much more active these days https://docs.searxng.org/ In the past it Lukol served Google Ads: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/1557#...

Just thought I'd point out that I have a standing PR with privacytools from late 2019 and it never went anywhere, even though I was careful to ensure everything was done correctly. https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/1619 After that experience I determined that privacytools is a club for cool kids.

(freddy-m: first-up, thanks for your work on ptio) I hope the process around software-suggestions gets clearer with this move; the backlog has been growing steadily for over a year [0] with developers left hanging without any follow-up (for ex, a suggestion I submitted hasn't been looked at in over 6 months). [0] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9...

I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs used to play a large role in the site (they no longer do), but we've never accepted any affiliate requests. (We do however operate a sponsorship programe which we are working on making a criteria for). [2,3] We have a strict criteria for the few VPNs we do list on our site. [4] We strive to educate users on the purpose of VPNs [5], and try not to recommend when there are other options. [1] https://blog.privacytools.io/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privac... [2]https://www.privacytools.io/sponsors/ [3]https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/2134 [4] https://privacytools.io/providers/vpn/#criteria [5] https://blog.privacytools.io/understanding-vpns/

Yeah, Wire failed my requirements, but I probably should have mentioned it. (I simply forgot about it when I was posting.) There's the issue you mentioned, and there's also the issue of them violating their published policy (either by the letter or in spirit) when they accepted new owners/investors.[1] Even if it met my requirements, I would be leery, and reluctant to suggest that others invest their time and build their communications network on such a foundation. Of course, things can change over time. Maybe Wire will do things differently in the future, and become more appealing. That doesn't solve a problem for me today, though. For the record, there's some discussion of Wire and other apps scattered about the privacytools.io issue tracker[2]. The signal:noise ratio there isn't great, but some folks here might find it interesting. As