Hackernews posts about Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit organization that tests and evaluates products and services to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.

1. Consumer Reports calls out slapdash AI voice-cloning safeguards (www.theregister.com)
   4 points by rntn 3 days ago | discuss
2. Dangerous chemicals were detected in 100% of the braiding hair we tested (www.consumerreports.org)
   15 points by pessimizer 11 days ago | 4 comments
3. US consumers rush to buy as Trump tariffs fuel stockpiling (www.reuters.com)
   16 points by papertowels 23 days ago | 9 comments
4. Show HN: A social media scheduler and the hoops to go through for each platform (wavegen.ai)
   2 points by lululi1989 about 21 hours ago | discuss
5. Tell HN: Brother printers no longer consumer friendly
   36 points by SimonPStevens 9 days ago | 16 comments
6. Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B2C SaaS?
   87 points by throw_1VJ51pMb 5 days ago | 82 comments
7. Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food (www.reuters.com)
   328 points by nabla9 about 1 year ago | 210 comments
8. Permission Slip: Consumer Reports app to take back control of your data (permissionslipcr.com)
   194 points by CharlesW over 1 year ago | 85 comments
9. Despite spooky Consumer Reports' testing, metals in chocolates aren't scary (arstechnica.com)
   60 points by bell-cot over 1 year ago | 92 comments
10. EVs have more reliability problems than gas cars, says Consumer Reports (arstechnica.com)
    40 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 50 comments
11. Electric vehicles have almost 80% more problems than ICE ones, Consumer Reports (www.cbsnews.com)
    19 points by rammer over 1 year ago | 14 comments
12. Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food (www.reuters.com)
    7 points by randycupertino about 1 year ago | 1 comments
13. New FTC Data Show Skyrocketing Consumer Reports About Game-Like Online Job Scams (www.ftc.gov)
    7 points by impish9208 3 months ago | discuss
14. Consumer Reports: Cheap doorbell cameras have multiple serious security flaws (arstechnica.com)
    6 points by neverrroot about 1 year ago | discuss
15. Consumer Reports Says These Are the Best Hybrid Cars for Less Than $35K in 2024 (jalopnik.com)
    5 points by ourmandave about 1 year ago | 2 comments
16. FTC Payments to Consumers Harmed by Vivint's Misuse of Consumer Credit Reports (www.ftc.gov)
    4 points by impish9208 3 months ago | discuss
17. Consumer Reports: 24 of the Worst Products of 2024–and What to Buy Instead (www.consumerreports.org)
    3 points by mikequinlan 2 months ago | 1 comments
18. Ask HN: Can Consumer Reports “Permission Slip” Be Trusted?
    2 points by eevilspock over 1 year ago | 1 comments
19. Take Back Control of Online Data with Consumer Reports' Permission Slip (www.consumerreports.org)
    2 points by ripvanwinkle over 1 year ago | discuss
20. How Consumer reports destroyed Suzuki on North America (www.motorbiscuit.com)
    1 points by GamerUncle over 1 year ago | 1 comments
21. Who Can See What You Do on Venmo? – Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)
    1 points by ohjeez 5 months ago | discuss
22. Norwegian Consumer Council: Report on virtual currencies in gaming [pdf] (storage02.forbrukerradet.no)
    1 points by murphyslab 5 months ago | discuss
23. Auto industry pivots to EVs; product tester Consumer Reports learns to adjust (text.npr.org)
    1 points by rntn about 1 year ago | discuss
24. Hacking a Washing Machine?
    9 points by justinzollars over 1 year ago | 5 comments
25. Ask HN: What reviewers do you trust for honest evaluations of a product?
    1 points by sickofparadox about 1 year ago | 1 comments
26. Ask HN: What are your go to resources for product reviews?
    1 points by digitalsanctum almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
27. Who makes the most reliable new cars? (www.consumerreports.org)
    532 points by deletionist over 1 year ago | 1063 comments
28. A third of chocolate products are high in heavy metals (www.consumerreports.org)
    295 points by geox over 1 year ago | 199 comments
29. Each Facebook user is monitored by thousands of companies (www.consumerreports.org)
    294 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 140 comments
30. Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly revenue estimates (www.reuters.com)
    137 points by andrewdutton almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
31. Dealerships Rip You Off With The “Four-Square,” Here’s How To Beat It (2007) (www.consumerreports.org)
    101 points by CharlesW 12 months ago | 147 comments
32. Why Congress is considering a ‘right to repair' law for car owners (www.nbcdfw.com)
    89 points by danboarder over 1 year ago | 27 comments
33. What You Say to Google Assistant and Alexa (Not Siri) Gets Used for Ad Targeting (www.consumerreports.org)
    71 points by CharlesW over 1 year ago | 17 comments
34. Consumer Credit and the Removal of Medical Collections from Credit Reports (www.consumerfinance.gov)
    67 points by momentmaker almost 2 years ago | 59 comments
35. The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food: What Our Tests Found (www.consumerreports.org)
    46 points by Jimmc414 10 months ago | 12 comments
36. Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead (www.consumerreports.org)
    33 points by Michelangelo11 11 months ago | 13 comments