Affiliate Disclosure

1. What This Page Covers

Threat Manifest participates in affiliate programmes. This page explains what that means, which products are currently covered, and how it affects the content you read on this site.

2. How Affiliate Links Work

Some articles on this site contain affiliate links — clearly integrated into relevant content. If you click one of these links and make a purchase, Threat Manifest may earn a small commission from the seller. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. You pay the same price you would pay going directly to the seller's website.

Affiliate commissions help fund the time spent researching, writing, and maintaining free content on this site.

3. Our Evaluation Standard

Affiliate relationships do not determine what gets recommended on this site. The evaluation order is:

1. A tool or service is assessed on its own merits — based on independent research, hands-on testing where possible, or direct professional experience
2. If it meets the standard for recommendation, we check whether an affiliate programme exists
3. An affiliate link is only used where one is available for a product already judged worth recommending

4. Current Affiliate Programmes

This list will be updated as additional affiliate relationships are established. Products listed here may appear with affiliate links in relevant articles — primarily in the General Security section (Device Security, Scam Awareness, Privacy Tools).

5. How to Identify Affiliate Links

Affiliate links on this site point to external product or service pages. They appear naturally within article content where a tool recommendation is relevant — not as banner ads, sponsored placements, or pop-ups.

There are no sponsored posts or paid placements on this site. If an article recommends a product, it is because the product was independently assessed as useful for the reader — not because of a commercial arrangement.

6. Affiliate Cookies

When you click an affiliate link, the destination site may set a tracking cookie on your browser to attribute any subsequent purchase to this site. These cookies are set by the affiliate platform — not by Threat Manifest. They are governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the respective platforms.

Affiliate cookies are only set when you actively click a link. Visiting this site does not trigger any affiliate tracking.

7. FTC Compliance

In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, Threat Manifest discloses material connections — including affiliate commissions — wherever relevant. This page serves as the site-wide disclosure. Individual articles containing affiliate links also carry a brief inline disclosure.

8. No Sponsored Content

Threat Manifest does not publish sponsored posts, paid reviews, or advertiser-funded content. No third party has editorial influence over any content on this site. All recommendations, ratings, and commentary are independent.