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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 contribu
by subsection1h 3y ago
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 https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io
[2] https://www.reddit.com/user/BurungHantu https://www.reddit.com/user/BurungHantu
[3] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?author=privacytoolsIO https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?auth...
[4] https://github.com/jonaharagon https://github.com/jonaharagon
[5] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?after=b8661944ee9f8fdd8c9f0ba2e31391e3cec522c3+139&author=jonaharagon https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?afte...
[6] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commit/4b60a4d211a557dd2e4b072b0688279a924f28d5 https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commit/4b60a...
[7] https://redd.it/tuo7mm https://redd.it/tuo7mm
[8] https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO
[9] https://redd.it/pxtw2y https://redd.it/pxtw2y
[10] https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/raftz6/i_made_a_video_covering_the_demise_of/hni41lg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/raftz6/i_made_...
[11] https://redd.it/qk7vn0 https://redd.it/qk7vn0
- brewdad 3y agoI don't really care about petty arguments between the contributors. Is the information available there reliable or not? If not, can you suggest an alternative?
- sdfzguf 3y agoI didn't knew about it when I commented. About the .io page: Affiliate links are always a no-go. You can't trust a source that profits from you buying into their recommendations. Edit: I didn't check if anything OP says is correct. Just asuming and following along ...