Deceptive Patterns

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cataloging and exposing tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something.

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   Dark Patterns after the GDPR arxiv.org

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   This paper demonstrates that, because of the lack of GDPR law enforcements, dark patterns and implied consent are ubiquitous.

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   The Fantasy and Abuse of the Manipulable User modelviewculture.com

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   📰 - Betsy Haibel in Model View Culture discusses how UX “greypatterns” and “darkpatterns” are prevalent in the web.

   
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   Promise anti-patterns github.com

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   Common misuses and how to avoid them.

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   Magic Patterns magicpatterns.link

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   COM Object hijacking: the discreet way of persistence, 2014 gdatasoftware.com

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   Phishing en.wikipedia.org

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   Refers to the use of lures to "fish" for sensitive information.

   

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