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Cheers, have been using it for quite some time :)
A site offering privacy advice is untrustworthy whenever you don't know the people, motivations, and influences behind it. In other words, practically none of them are trustworthy. Not even privacyguides (which did have some good advice when I looked years ago, but was not without flaws, and can always change).
The best we can do in most cases is to use these sites to bring software, services, features, and risks to our attention, so we can verify that information with other sources and carefully consider it against our own needs.
One rare case is eff.org. It's not a recommendation site, but does occasionally offer advice, and the organization is well known.
The best we can do in most cases is to use these sites to bring software, services, features, and risks to our attention
This is my purpose indeed; I'm not saying I'd blindly trust some websites. It's good to find some that people have found to be more reputable.
You were literally asking for "trustworthy websites with recommendations". GP is telling you to stop looking or even believing in such things existing. I'd agree.
The harder you search for just that, the more targeted you will be be scammers and cybercriminals. Whatever is a credible resource today may turn bad next month and public perception taking years to catch up. It's not like that'd be a first.
That said, lots of good stuff and leads in codeberg.org/pluja/awesome-privacy. And +1 on EFF.