Dark patterns as defined as “a user interface designed or manipulated with the substantial effect of subverting or impairing user autonomy, decision-making, or choice, as further defined by ...

Dark patterns, also known as deceptive design or deceptive patterns, are essentially tricks. Websites and apps use dark patterns to manipulate users into making decisions they wouldn’t have ...

But dark patterns are short-sighted, says Hoa Loranger, vice president of the prestigious UX consulting firm Nielsen Norman Group. “Any short-term gains a company gets from a dark pattern is ...

Why you can’t escape dark patterns GDPR was supposed to enhance privacy protections. But companies are using dark patterns to circumvent them, and there's not much regulators can do about it.

With the premiere of James Gunn’s “Superman” mere days away, we find ourselves squarely in the midst of one of the most anticipatory weeks in the recent memories of DC fans. Gunn and company will ...

Dark patterns are deceptive tactics intended to trick or obfuscate users attempting to unsubscribe or opt-out of things online. The FTC said in a blog post on Thursday that they have received a ...

Deceptive dark patterns induce false beliefs either through affirmative misstatements, misleading statements or omissions, such as a site offering up a discount that seems to be time-limited, when ...

You’re on the checkout page of a website when something appears in your shopping basket that you didn’t put there — say, you’re buying a laptop, but insurance sneaks in, too… ...

Dark patterns are becoming increasingly common. A 2019 study from researchers at Princeton University and University of Chicago identified dark patterns on more than one out of 10 shopping websites.

After Sumukh Rao's post went viral, several Zepto customers came up with similar complaints. A few even shared screenshots of ...