Proposal Add a list of recently added and removed tools to the front page. Motivation Sometimes I visit Privacy Guides just to see if any tools have been added or removed. Right now, there’s no good way to track the changes except by navigating through each section, which is kind of a hassle. If …

We do have Site Development > Changelog although it tracks all changes.

I think there should be a dedicated page on privacyguides.org for this. Say I’m looking for a removed tool like hat.sh, a search for it could at least surface a page with the date it was removed + a short justification / explanation.

Changelog is different from what he proposed I support his proposal also the removed tools can be mentioned for specific time period

You can vote for it to show your interest.

[image] Archive Section toolboxSite Development Basically, a section for removed apps/services/etc and why they’ve been removed. This would be helpful. [image] Archive Section toolboxSite Development We kind of alrea…

I like this idea and would see myself using it. I think it provides “front-end users” (who aren’t likely to dig into Github or Forum post history) the chance to see what changes have been made. I wonder if it might be wise to put the removed recommendations on the page they were removed from (near …

[image] AtomicBug: If discoverability is part of our aim There has been a lot of debate about how we should handle removed recommendations and anti-recommendations in the past, and what we generally landed on is: We don’t want to give any attention/real-estate/etc. to things that aren’t recom…

I also believe we shouldn’t add a separate list for removed recommendations, for the same reasons that @jonah mentioned. However, I can see how a list of newly added tools or services could be beneficial for some users.

Hmmm. Yeah I can see that point. It makes sense to me. So perhaps a single changelog page on the website (rather than github) does the trick. It doesn’t overly emphasize negative aspects, but does keep people up to date. It could simple contain a link to the relevant forum thread and ticket or pull…

I would be in favor of this suggestion. Users visit PG for security and privacy recommendations but if a product or service suddenly disappears from the list and there is no mention of it that could be be detrimental to one’s safety. Reviewing a changelog is not user-friendly because it’s meant for …

Privacy Guides Community

List of recently added and removed tools

Site Development

yes March 14, 2025, 7:04pm 6

Topic		Replies	Views
Archive Section Site Development	3	577	March 14, 2025
Wondered why a tool was removed: got lost immediately Site Development	2	269	June 6, 2025
List non-recommended tools and why Site Development rejected	3	840	April 10, 2024
Tagging 'new' to newly added recommended tool Site Development	3	549	September 26, 2023
Add links to forum discussions topic related to that tool Site Development	3	836	August 5, 2023

Privacy Guides

Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.

Privacy Guides is a non-profit, socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.

We do not make money from recommending certain products, and we do not use affiliate links.

Knowledge Base

Private Web Browsers

Top VPN Providers

Privacy-Respecting Services

Software Recommendations

More Resources

List of recently added and removed tools

Related topics