Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices. Dark patterns can be found in many ...

Experts are warning consumers about shady online business practices that the Federal Trade Commission and tech insiders refer to as “dark patterns.” “By their very nature, dark patterns are subtle, ...

Dark patterns are special tricks used in the interface of applications and websites that make you do things that you don’t really want to. For example, when you land on a website and have to sign up ...

If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to cancel an online subscription, or to deactivate an account on a website, you may have fallen prey to ‘dark patterns’. The Advertising Standards Authority ...

Does this sound like something you’ve encountered online? You’ve looked at a shopping site because one item appealed to you, and then the site pops up lots of “special offers” tagged “just for you!” ...

July 29, 2021 - Dark patterns have been around for quite some time, but as we continue to move toward the digitalization of society, these manipulative practices have become more complex and pervasive ...

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The equivalent to virtual fine print, a Dark Pattern is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as signing up for a recurring payment or surreptitiously ...