Bonus: Spot fake product reviews

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Remember: If you'd rather not receive these Wednesday emails, ​[you can easily opt out of them](=)without affecting the rest of your subscription. ✅ [​Got it — don't show this again​](=)​ Buying something online? It's always a good idea to read the reviews first — but are those reviews trustworthy, really? Online shopping is big business. Many products you'll see on websites like Amazon and Walmart are from manufacturers you may have never heard of. They may have good reviews — but are those reviews real? Are they fake? Has the manufacturer been deleting bad reviews? And what about that seller? Many products sold on websites like Amazon and Walmart are sold by third-party companies. Is the seller trustworthy? Rather than digging through reviews looking for telltale signs of trouble, this tool will give you some insights and help you spot shenanigans. #top Flag fake reviews and scammy sellers The tool in question is Fakespot. It's now owned by Mozilla, and Mozilla plans on integrating it as a built-in "Review Checker" feature in Firefox next month. But anyone can use it now in any browser (or on any phone.) 🌎 Fakespot works with Amazon in a variety of different countries, as well as sites like Best Buy, Sephora, and Walmart in the USA. ⌚ Fakespot takes 5 seconds to install in your browser, and after that it'll instantly help while you shop. ➜ To use Fakespot, just head to the [Fakespot website](=) and install the extension for your desktop web browser. It's available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. Now, whenever you shop on a supported website like Amazon, Best Buy, or Walmart, you'll see a grade showing you how trustworthy Fakespot thinks the reviews (and the seller) are right on the product's page. You can click it to see more information — as well as AI-generated summaries of a product's pros and cons. [Fakespot on Amazon in Google Chrome.] I've been using Fakespot recently, and it's interesting to see just how many products on Amazon the service warns me about. What you do with that information is up to you! 📱 You can also install a Fakespot app for [Android]( or [iPhone](. It's a browser app you can use to shop, and you can use the "Share" button to share online shopping results (like product pages in the Amazon app) with the Fakespot app to see an analysis of the reviews. So, in other words, you could find a product in the Amazon app, tap the "Share" button, and then tap the Fakespot app to see the app's take on the reviews. 🌐 If you don't want to install anything, you can use the [Fakespot Analyzer](online, too. Copy and paste the address of an online shopping page from a support website like Amazon, and Fakespot will give you its impression of how trustworthy the reviews are. 📌 You can [download Fakespot](=) for your favorite browser or phone. 💰 The service is completely free. 🕶 Fakespot is now owned by Mozilla, which is generally pretty good about privacy. Fakespot's [privacy policy]( does say it collects information about your online shopping. (The stores you're shopping at are collecting that data, too.) Now, speaking of insights... #top SPONSORED MESSAGE Your Fantasy Football *secret* weapon 🤫 [Homer Simpson yelling "Football!"](=)​ No, it’s not your unwashed “lucky socks” your roommate keeps beggin’ you to throw out. ​[Over 330k analysts, amateurs, and fans read Fantasy Life](=) to fuel their season with quick hitting Fantasy Football insights. 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[LG Firefox Phone​]() [HTC Facebook Phone]() [Amazon Fire Phone]() [Microsoft Xbox Phone]() Answer correctly before next Wednesday and secure your spot on the [Bonus Intelligence Leaderboard](=)! Last week's question and answer: Which of the following companies has the worst, most difficult-to-read privacy policy, according to a late-2022 analysis? Disney+. The analysis, conducted by [VPNOverview](=) in October 2022, gave Disney’s policy the lowest score for readability and estimated it’d take most people nearly 20 minutes to get through. And, yes, the service does claim the right to share your data with third parties. Microsoft was 15th in the list, meanwhile, while Google was 21st and eBay was 36th.   You received this email because your address was signed up for the Windows Intelligence early preview. If you didn't mean to sign up or no longer wish to be subscribed, you can [unsubscribe or update your preferences here](=).