The Privacy Hypocrite Shame List
Companies that market themselves as privacy-focused but refuse to accept Monero — the only truly private money.
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NoLog offers everyone free alternatives to services for which users otherwise pay dearly with their personal data.
Why shamed: "We make the internet a free, safe and private place."
As of right now, they don't accept any form of private money in donations.
As of right now, they don't accept any form of private money in donations.
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Website that allows users to create private wishlists and for other users to anonymously buy them stuff
Why shamed: "Create your privacy-first Wishlist and let your fans support you by sending gifts without sharing personal information." but doesn't have a Monero option for purchases
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Veilid is an open-source, peer-to-peer application framework designed to build privacy for all.
Why shamed: https://veilid.com/donate/ says "You can escape the data economy and help others do the same. You don't have to be the product." and proceeds to link to websites on the data economy and where you are the product
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Metasearch engine focused on protecting users' privacy.
Why shamed: The only anonymous payment method they accept is cash by mail.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://monerica.com/non-profits/search-engines
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Protect your privacy and challenge the spread of surveillance technology. Find resources, strategies, and actionable tools to counter smart city surveillance and defend personal freedom. Take a stand against Big Brother today.
Why shamed: Accepts donations but not Monero https://banishbigbrother.com/donate/
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An open-source project mapping license plate readers.
Why shamed: Fighting for privacy and open-source... while using proprietary platforms for donations and surveillance-only money... make it make sense?
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netzpolitik.org is a media outlet dedicated to digital civil liberties, addressing key issues related to the internet, society, and politics, and highlighting ways in which individuals can use the internet to advocate for digital freedoms and openness.
Why shamed: "We are fighting for digital civil liberties
and an open, united society."
They accept cash, but not Monero.
and an open, united society."
They accept cash, but not Monero.
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Confer is a privacy-focused AI chatbot developed by the former CEO of Signal.
Why shamed: Although this AI claims to prioritise privacy—arguing that even the server is unaware of the conversation content—it only supports card payments. It even goes so far as to say, ‘your data’; payment data is also my data.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://monerica.com/site/nanogpt
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Privacy-focused map app, fork of Organic Maps and Maps.Me
Why shamed: Does not accept Monero despite privacy focus
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Organization dedicated to giving people back control over their technology
Why shamed: “Privacy respecting Android keyboard” does not allow to buy its license with crypto
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mailbox.org has built a credible and solid offering around security, confidentiality and data sovereignty. Their infrastructure, their certifications and their technical choices show a real desire to protect users against surveillance and commercial exploitation.
Why shamed: However, this promise remains incomplete as long as the payment remains traceable. By linking an account to a traditional financial identity, part of the anonymity is mechanically weakened, creating a point of vulnerability even outside of their technical system.
The integration of Monero (XMR) would make it possible to fill this inconsistency by extending protection to the act of payment itself. This would offer users true end-to-end anonymity, consistent with the values that mailbox.org already claims.
Adopting Monero would not only be a technical improvement, but a strong positioning: that of a service which fully assumes the protection of its users, without compromise.
The integration of Monero (XMR) would make it possible to fill this inconsistency by extending protection to the act of payment itself. This would offer users true end-to-end anonymity, consistent with the values that mailbox.org already claims.
Adopting Monero would not only be a technical improvement, but a strong positioning: that of a service which fully assumes the protection of its users, without compromise.
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source personal information manager primarily used as an e-mail client with a calendar and contact book, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix), and news client. They aim to provide open source apps that are secure, private and available for users around the world.
Why shamed: They don't have any cryptocurrency donation page (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/).
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NO2ID is a campaigning organisation. We are a single-issue group focussed on the threat to liberty and privacy posed by the rapid growth of the Database State, of which (in 2025) “digital ID cards” are the most visible part.
We are entirely independent. We do not endorse any party, nor campaign on any other topic. (This is related to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.)
We are entirely independent. We do not endorse any party, nor campaign on any other topic. (This is related to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.)
Why shamed: 1)"We are entirely independent." - while allowing only Stripe, PayPal donations
2)"opposing the government’s digital ID system (“digital ID cards”) and the Database State." - while creating database entries with every donation
3)NO2ID - it their name they have no to ID while PayPal and banks require IDs to use money
2)"opposing the government’s digital ID system (“digital ID cards”) and the Database State." - while creating database entries with every donation
3)NO2ID - it their name they have no to ID while PayPal and banks require IDs to use money
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Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital rights organisation that campaigns to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online.
Why shamed: 1)"We raise awareness, campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes – to challenge restrictions to our human rights. " - while accepting donation via PayPal, card but banks restrict access for money and can freeze account.
2)" For example, migrants, people from racialized backgrounds, disabled people and people on lower incomes are more likely to be affected by intrusive surveillance, weakened data protection and discriminatory automated decision-making." - yes and less likely they can open bank account. Everyone can accept and use Monero
3)"We challenge threats to privacy by both the government through the surveillance of our personal communications and private companies, who use our personal data to increase their profits." - and accepting only banks and PayPal. Again, same stuff
2)" For example, migrants, people from racialized backgrounds, disabled people and people on lower incomes are more likely to be affected by intrusive surveillance, weakened data protection and discriminatory automated decision-making." - yes and less likely they can open bank account. Everyone can accept and use Monero
3)"We challenge threats to privacy by both the government through the surveillance of our personal communications and private companies, who use our personal data to increase their profits." - and accepting only banks and PayPal. Again, same stuff
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Reclaiming privacy. Defending freedom. They work to roll back the surveillance state and protect the rights of everyone in the UK to be free from unfair intrusion.
Why shamed: Doesn’t accept Monero, crypto or any form of donation except credit card.
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Liberapay is a recurrent donations platform.
Why shamed: They have abandoned an open issue to support Cryptocurrencies, with majority support being in favor of Monero https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/issues/1994
✅ Monero alternative:
https://xmrchat.com/
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Ko-fi helps creators make an income from your biggest fans. Whether you’re an artist, streamer or any kind of creator you can accept tips, set up memberships, take requests and sell your work - all in one place.
Why shamed: Only fiat payment methods supported: https://help.ko-fi.com/hc/en-us/articles/24482435253661-W…
✅ Monero alternative:
https://xmrchat.com/
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"At SubscribeStar.com, we believe every content creator deserves to be published, to be heard, and to prosper. And that's precisely what we've been providing since we first launched our platform back in 2017."
Why shamed: Only fiat payment methods
✅ Monero alternative:
https://xmrchat.com/
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itch.io is an open marketplace for independent digital creators with a focus on independent video games. It’s a platform that enables anyone to sell the content they've created. As a seller you’re in charge of how it’s done: you set the price, you run sales, and you design your pages. It’s never necessary to get votes, likes, or follows to get your content approved, and you can make changes to how you distribute your work as frequently as you like.
Why shamed: They implemented support for Bitcoin very early on: https://itch.io/updates/introducing-bitcoin-support
But as it always happens, they dropped this feature because Bitcoin is not used as money. They should take a new look at Monero in the year 2026 to consider supporting it as a payment method instead, as users already request it: https://itch.io/t/4518809/crypto-assisted-payment
But as it always happens, they dropped this feature because Bitcoin is not used as money. They should take a new look at Monero in the year 2026 to consider supporting it as a payment method instead, as users already request it: https://itch.io/t/4518809/crypto-assisted-payment
✅ Monero alternative:
https://xmrchat.com/
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Collaborative, transparent, financial management tool
Why shamed: Abandoned GitHub issue: https://github.com/opencollective/opencollective/issues/4200
✅ Monero alternative:
https://xmrchat.com/
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The alternative to Windows and macOS designed to make your computer faster, more powerful, secure, and privacy-respecting.
Why shamed: They don’t accept Monero or any cryptocurrency despite marketing their company as “privacy-respecting”.
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Independent online newspaper that focuses on privacy and freedom.
Why shamed: They claim, "Your privacy is critically important to us." While using Stripe as their only payment method. Stripe, according to their privacy policy collects and uses all this data: https://your.ls/xmeaa
404media says, "We help protect you from overreaching government demands for your personal information." While only offering Stripe to pay for their services, 404Media fails at this promise—the US government and 1000s of corporations can see exactly who pays for a 404Media subscription—what they look like, what else they purchase, when they purchase it, where they live. This is totally unnecessary information to collect just to read a newspaper.
404media says, "We help protect you from overreaching government demands for your personal information." While only offering Stripe to pay for their services, 404Media fails at this promise—the US government and 1000s of corporations can see exactly who pays for a 404Media subscription—what they look like, what else they purchase, when they purchase it, where they live. This is totally unnecessary information to collect just to read a newspaper.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://www.therage.co/
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Organization that facilitates crypto donations
Why shamed: accepts 100+ other cryptos including many shitcoins, but not Monero—which is one of the most used cryptos for real-world transactions. If they accepted monero, 1500+ non-profits would also accept it.
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Privacy-friendly app for YouTube
Why shamed: “We protect your privacy
No proprietary Google APIs
Only send information which are required to get video and channel details
Decide what information we keep
We store everything offline on your device”
Does not allow Monero donations
No proprietary Google APIs
Only send information which are required to get video and channel details
Decide what information we keep
We store everything offline on your device”
Does not allow Monero donations
✅ Monero alternative:
https://invidious.io/donate/
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Web app for video privacy conferencing
Why shamed: Asks for donations but does not allow any in crypto
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Data-economical and privacy aware web hosting service
Why shamed: Emphasizes minimal data collection: just an email address is needed to register.
Does not accept crypto
Does not accept crypto
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Your daily commute is being tracked. See how many cameras are on your route—then find a way around them.
Why shamed: They do not accept Monero or any crypto at all despite focusing on helping people achieve greater privacy by knowing where flock cameras are located on roads.
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What is GhostBSD?
GhostBSD is a FreeBSD-based operating system engineered to provide a robust, user-friendly desktop experience. Combining the reliability of FreeBSD with the elegance of the MATE desktop environment, we aim to deliver a stable and straightforward computing solution for both everyday users and developers.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make FreeBSD's powerful features accessible to a broader audience, including developers who demand stability and flexibility for their projects. By simplifying the FreeBSD environment through a user-friendly interface and powerful tools, GhostBSD is as approachable as popular Linux distributions yet robust enough for serious development work.
GhostBSD is a FreeBSD-based operating system engineered to provide a robust, user-friendly desktop experience. Combining the reliability of FreeBSD with the elegance of the MATE desktop environment, we aim to deliver a stable and straightforward computing solution for both everyday users and developers.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make FreeBSD's powerful features accessible to a broader audience, including developers who demand stability and flexibility for their projects. By simplifying the FreeBSD environment through a user-friendly interface and powerful tools, GhostBSD is as approachable as popular Linux distributions yet robust enough for serious development work.
Why shamed: They only take PayPal donations https://www.ghostbsd.org/donate
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"We’re here to remake consumer electronics to respect people and the planet. Unlike most products, ours are open for you to repair, customize, upgrade, and own at the deepest level." https://frame.work/about
Why shamed: The only reason they don't support crypto as payment is that it consumes energy. Source: https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/1394809859774640131
✅ Monero alternative:
https://novacustom.com/
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Incogni (by Surfshark) is a personal data removal service that automatically removes your information from data broker websites, significantly reducing your digital footprint.
Why shamed: Privacy is a right—not a luxury
Your personal data shouldn’t be out there for anyone to find, sell, or abuse. Incogni helps you take back control of your data.
We believe that data privacy is a human right. Our mission is to make it available to all.
Only Google Pay, PayPal and credit cards
Your personal data shouldn’t be out there for anyone to find, sell, or abuse. Incogni helps you take back control of your data.
We believe that data privacy is a human right. Our mission is to make it available to all.
Only Google Pay, PayPal and credit cards
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Codeberg e.V. is a German nonprofit organization specialized in open-source software development services, famous for creating a GitHub alternative.
Why shamed: RESPECT
No tracking. No third-party cookies. No profiteering. Everything runs on servers that we control. We will not sell your data.
Donation option are SEPA and Liberapay.
No tracking. No third-party cookies. No profiteering. Everything runs on servers that we control. We will not sell your data.
Donation option are SEPA and Liberapay.
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Fairphone is a Dutch electronics manufacturer that designs and produces smartphones and headphones. It aims to minimise the ethical and environmental impact of its devices by using recycled, fairtrade and conflict-free materials, maintaining fair labour conditions throughout its workforce and suppliers, and enabling users to easily repair their devices through modular design and by providing replacement parts.
Why shamed: Claims "Privacy by design"
We’re all about building trust with our amazing community—offering long-term software support and putting you in full control of your phone. Open source plays a huge role in making this happen.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Murena to bring their privacy-first, open-source operating system, /e/OS, to everyone. You can grab The Fairphone (Gen. 6) or the Fairphone 5 with /e/OS pre-installed directly from our webshop.
Webshop only accepts credit cards, Klarna, PayPal and Google Pay
We’re all about building trust with our amazing community—offering long-term software support and putting you in full control of your phone. Open source plays a huge role in making this happen.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Murena to bring their privacy-first, open-source operating system, /e/OS, to everyone. You can grab The Fairphone (Gen. 6) or the Fairphone 5 with /e/OS pre-installed directly from our webshop.
Webshop only accepts credit cards, Klarna, PayPal and Google Pay
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e Foundation is the creator of /e/OS, a privacy-focused mobile operating system that is fully "deGoogled," meaning it does not use Google services or apps, ensuring that personal data is not tracked or collected. It is open-source and compatible with many Android applications.
Why shamed: Privacy is a fundamental right
No one should have to trade off their privacy to use a smartphone. We should all be protected from electronic surveillance and data interception that benefit a limited number of corporations.
We believe in privacy by design – we don’t read or scan your data, we secure it at best.
No mention of Monero as private donation option.
No one should have to trade off their privacy to use a smartphone. We should all be protected from electronic surveillance and data interception that benefit a limited number of corporations.
We believe in privacy by design – we don’t read or scan your data, we secure it at best.
No mention of Monero as private donation option.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://grapheneos.org/
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Murena is supplying /e/OS smartphones, tablets, cloud storage, workspace with office suite & mobile device management claiming to be intuitive, privacy-friendly, and sustainable.
Why shamed: About Murena
We design smartphones and cloud services that put users’ privacy first.
We are committed to privacy with outstanding and transparent products and services that help people escape from digital surveillance.
No Monero. Available payment options are credit cards and PayPal.
We design smartphones and cloud services that put users’ privacy first.
We are committed to privacy with outstanding and transparent products and services that help people escape from digital surveillance.
No Monero. Available payment options are credit cards and PayPal.
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Digitale Gesellschaft (literally, Digital Society) is the German equivalent of the EFF.
Founded in 2010, it is committed to civil rights and consumer protection in terms of internet policy.
Founded in 2010, it is committed to civil rights and consumer protection in terms of internet policy.
Why shamed: On their “About Us” page, they state that they “fight all forms of surveillance.”
This appears to exclude data protection in the financial sector, as their campaigns never address this issue. Donations are accepted only via SEPA transfer or through the campaign funding platform “betterplace,” which offers no anonymity or data protection.
This appears to exclude data protection in the financial sector, as their campaigns never address this issue. Donations are accepted only via SEPA transfer or through the campaign funding platform “betterplace,” which offers no anonymity or data protection.
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Offers secure email.
Why shamed: "Regardless how you pay: We carry out every payment in a privacy-friendly way." 0 mention of Monero
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End-to-end encrypted. Cross-platform. Open-source photo storage.
Why shamed: Provides encryption for photos but doesn't accept Monero.
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The most popular messenger service that advertises itself as a free speech advocate and encrypted messenger.
Why shamed: They keep advertising themselves as a heavily encrypted and private messenger. Also, Pavel Durov likes to hate whatsapp for not being private and free speech advocate on his blogs. They accept telegram stars, and a credit card for telegram premium.
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One of the oldest and leading nonprofit defending
digital privacy, free speech.
digital privacy, free speech.
Why shamed: Still don't accept donations in Monero.
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Video platform emphasizing freedom of speech and fighting censorship.
Why shamed: They do not allow people to buy a subscription to their website using Monero (XMR), despite their strong condemnation of censorship.
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Subscription service for no-logs VPN, Personal Information Removal from data brokers, and Identity Theft Restoration assistance
Why shamed: They don't accept Monero, or any cryptocurrency for that matter.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://monerica.com/vpns
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Video platform emphasizing freedom of speech
Why shamed: No Monero support.
Great article by Sam Bent on their lack of Monero adoption: https://www.sambent.com/odysee-built-their-own-blockchain…
Great article by Sam Bent on their lack of Monero adoption: https://www.sambent.com/odysee-built-their-own-blockchain…
✅ Monero alternative:
https://invidious.io/donate/
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Privacy focused browser, VPN, search engine, etc.
Why shamed: They don't accept Monero as payment for any of their services.
✅ Monero alternative:
https://monerica.com/vpns
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All-in-one security and privacy platform
Why shamed: They do not have any Monero support.