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Malicious compliance is an action where one complies with a request or demand, but in such a way that it follows the wording, but not the spirit or intent of the mandate. Applied to consumer rights…

Malwarebytes is an anti-virus software for Microsoft Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android, and iOS, developed by Malwarebytes Corporation. It is available in a free version, which scans for and removes…

On a fresh start of most PlayStation titles on PC, a pop-up appears asking the user to consent for data collection, with no way to reject.

ManyCam is a live video-streaming software application owned by Paltalk, formerly known as AVM Software. ManyCam.com describes the application as: " ..

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Mastercard is an American multinational payment card services corporation, offering a range of payment transaction processing and other related-payment services.Mastercard is an international…

Maytag is a company that sells kitchen and laundry appliances, such as freezers, fridges and dryers.

Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社, Matsuda Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan.

In October 2023, Mazda issued a DMCA takedown notice against an open-source integration that allowed Mazda vehicle owners to control connected car features through the Home Assistant home automation…

In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app. In 2021, Mazda quietly removed remote start…

Founded on 15 May 1940 by Richard and Maurie McDonald, McDonald's Corporation is an American fast-food restaurant chain with a net worth of $230.52 billion and owning 36,500 stores across 100…

A cyber security firm named Fallible, announced to the media of a McDelivery leak that leaked over 2.2 million customers private information after numerous attempts to urge McDonald's to patch the…

In 2006, McDonald's in collaboration with Coca-Cola ran a promotion in Japan that lasted for 1 month. During this promotion, 10,000 winners obtained a USB-stick MP3 player.

McDonald's fell victim to a data breach that exposed customer data for South Korean and Taiwanese users. It was detected when unauthorized activity was noticed on the company's network.

Medical equipment/medical devices have some consumer issues that set them apart from many other common devices. Some devices are vital to a user’s life or ability to function, such as pacemakers…

Meetup.com is a platform where anyone can join different groups of people and make new connections. The account creation involves a dark pattern to drive new users to subscribe to Meetup+ instead of…

Mega.io (formerly Mega.nz or MEGA , Mega Cloud Services Limited) is a cloud storage originally launched by Kim Dotcom. They offer free and paid tiers with browser apps, desktop sync apps, and mobile…

Memrise is a British flashcard learning tool founded in 2010.

The Meraki MS390 is a high-end series of Layer 3 network switches manufactured by Cisco Meraki from 2019-2025. Unlike every other switch sold under the Meraki branding at the time, it was based on…

Mercado Libre, also known as Mercado Livre in Brazil, is a multi-national e-commerce platform of Argentinian origin, founded on 02 August 1999, by Marcos Galperin. It is a very popular platform…

Mercedes-Benz is a German automotive manufacturer founded in 1926 and is based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

In Germany, Mercedes-Benz EQS vehicles are equipped with rear wheels that can steer up to 10 degrees. However, customers who do not sign up for a subscription will only have a 4.5 degree range of…

Mercedes initially marketed and sold their EQE 350 and EQS 450 models with a lower power output than the hardware was capable of delivering. The company later introduced a paid software upgrade that…

Mercury General Corporation is a multiple-line insurance organization that offers personal automobiles, homeowners, renters, and business insurance. Mercury's primary focus is automobiles and…

Merkury Innovations is an personal electronics and chemical import brand. It is the parent company for sub-brands: Geeni, West & Arrow, Suds.lab, and Merkury Smart.

Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, is a multinational technology conglomerate primarily known for its social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger…

Since 2024, Meta platform users, chiefly Facebook and Instagram, are facing erroneous permanent account suspensions, most commonly under allegations of breaking the platform's rules on Child Sexual…

Micron Technology, Inc, also known simply as Micron, is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash memory and solid…

On December 3, 2025 Micron Technology announced that Crucial will exit from the consumer business to focus in the AI business. Micron no longer does Crucial product shipments, this since February…

Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is one of the "Big Five" tech giants, well known for licensing Q-DOS from Seattle Computer…

Microsoft accounts are the central feature of modern Microsoft services. Though there have been a variety of Microsoft account types dating to the 1990s, the latest incarnation was pioneered in 2019…

Microsoft Authenticator is a free mobile app that secures the user's Microsoft account with single sign-on (SSO) and provides multi-factor authenication (MFA) for other online services. One of its…

Microsoft Copilot is a generative AI assistant developed by Microsoft AI. Built on OpenAI's GPT-4 and GPT-5 series of large language models and fine-tuned with Microsoft's proprietary Prometheus…

Recall is a feature of Windows 11 that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using Copilot, Microsoft's Artificial intelligence(AI)…

Microsoft Edge is a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft, first released in 2015 as the successor to Internet Explorer. Based on the Chromium engine since 2020, Edge is marketed as a fast…

In a Windows insider blog published March 28, 2025, under the section "[other] changes", the removal of bypassnro.cmd script is announced. This script is used to complete a new Windows installation…

Microsoft Office 2019 update 16.78.3 (23102801) was the last functional version of Office 2019 (perpetual) for Apple macOS computers, released on 31 October 2023. If automatic updates are enabled as…

Microsoft 365 (sold as Office 365 from 2010 to 2020) is a suite of productivity software applications that includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The addition of "365" to…

Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. The first version of Windows was released in 1985 as a GUI for MS-DOS. Later, in 1993…

Microsoft Windows 11 is an operating system for personal computers developed and owned by Microsoft. It was released on October 5 2021.

Miele is a German manufacturer of domestic appliances and commercial equipment. It was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann.

There is an issue reported by some users of MikroTik hAP ax3 (with some reports about hAP ax2 and cAP ax as well) where, after upgrade to RouterOS 7.15.0 the 5GHz wireless connection becomes…

Miku is a private for-profit company that was founded in 2018 by Eric White. Miku sells smart baby monitors with features such as night vision, sensors for temperature, humidity and ambient light, a…

The Miku ToS is long, and can be potentially confusing for customers to understand. This section is meant to summarize and highlight important parts of the Miku TOS. Miku Customer Requirements…

Milwaukee Tool, a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries (TTI), produces the M18 line of lithium-ion batteries for use with its cordless power tools. These batteries incorporate an embedded system…

Minecraft is a 2011 multiplayer sandbox game made by Mojang Studios. Once acquired by Microsoft, the game began to harvest telemetry data, force users to comply with an ever shifting EULA to keep…

On October 21st, 2020, Mojang announced that all Minecraft Java Edition users must migrate their Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts to retain access to the game. On December 18th, 2023, consumers…

Minecraft is a video game made by Mojang Studios (owned by Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios since 2014). It was officially released on 18th September 2011, but development builds were publicly…