I am a bit confused about if i am supposed trust these wiki articles. What makes these any better then just the run of the mill reddit guides you find for these topics?
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Its the same with Wikipedia. If you read and trust the systems put in place to prevent abuse, then it is good enough.
You can always police with [citation needed]
If you’re looking for an official endorsement from Privacy Guides, the community wiki is not representative of our opinions. Instead, we hope that the community wiki can be a great start to future contributions to the PG knowledge base itself.
The main difference between the two is that our knowledge base and recommendations are thoroughly researched and approved by multiple staff members. The community wiki is more informal; anyone with a certain trust level can contribute and edit it accordingly.
While a GitHub PR can theoretically make such collaboration possible, a community wiki makes it much more accessible for our community members. That’s why you should be wary of any opinions espoused there regardless of the source.
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…additionally, they are not hosted on Reddit and are written by a demographic more likely to care about privacy as anything other than an afterthought. This is a bit of a public service as older Web 2.0-type knowledge centers such as Reddit have been clamping down on account-less access and increasing their targeted advertising.
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