#darkpattern

2025-07-07

Gestern beim Stadtpark Open Air Kinderkonzert folgende Perle gesehen.

Möge der Urheber bis ans Ende seiner Tage auf Legosteine treten.

Mich interessierend:
Gibt sowas am Ende wirklich mehr Trinkgeld für Angestellte?
Oder verdient hier nur ein Middle-Men was passiv mit?

#darkpattern #ecterminal #trinkgeld

(N.B.: Es gab Trinkgeld, aber analog, ins da stehende Schweinschen...)

Ansicht eines mobilen EC-Kartenlesegerätes welches viele grüne Kästschen zur Auswahl der Tringkeldhöhe anzeigt aber nur ganz rechts unten ein rotes Kästschen zum auswählen wenn man kein Trinkgeld geben möchte.
2025-06-27

Bénéficiaires du programme de fidélité de Flunch, pensez à passer sur flunch.fr/fidelite/abonnement pour refuser le partage de vos données avec des tiers.

Parce que pour eux, le refus de partage des données personnelles à des fins de statistiques et de publicité c'est un abonnement à activer.

#Flunch #Fidelite #ViePrivee #DarkPattern #RGPD

Capture d'écran de la rubrique "mes abonnements" de l'espace fidélité de Flunch : des switch à désactiver pour ne pas recevoir de notifications push ou les "informations" par e-mail et SMS, en revanche un switch à activer pour refuser le partage des données personnelles avec Valiuz. L'image se termine avec un bouton "enregistrer les modifications" écrit en majuscules en blanc sur fond rouge bien visible.
Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠianrogers@mstdn.social
2025-06-26

@noybeu AI has put so many "fun" twists on classic UX #DarkPattern misdirections. If your consent UX isn't transparent, it's straight up grifting.

9Lukas5 🚂 🐧9Lukas5@mastodontech.de
2025-06-24

Wieso ist so ein Blödsinn eigentlich erlaubt? :blobcatfluffangry:

#DarkPattern #Versicherung

Screesnhot von Versicherungs-PDF Abschnitt.

Es wird die Frage gestellt: "Was muss ich tun?"

Daneben steht als Antwort in normaler Größe:
"Unsere einfache Antwort: Sie müssen nichts tun.
Die verbesserten Leistungen sind seit Februar 2024
bereits Vertragsbestandteil."

Am Ende des Satzes ist eine Fußzeilennote und die Fußzeile sagt folgendes:
"Die aufgeführten Leistungen gelten nur, soweit für diese Gefahr Versicherungsschutz vereinbart ist."
Mark Hughesmarkhughes
2025-06-20

Every site that puts up a cookies dialogue is now saying loudly what their priority is, and it is NOT what they say it is.

It's a massive RED FLAG because they have a choice. Either
- inconvenience you from the very start because overall they see a benefit TO THEM or
- provide an option via a footer link to get extra features by accepting , say "enable cookies" or "enable extras"

Today's culprit (for the eleventyth time: NO) is for continued use of this

Paco Hope #resistpaco@infosec.exchange
2025-06-20

@lolgop I support this idea and I will probably sign the petition (I’m a TM customer. Still mulling over whether I want to support Verizon or AT&T instead).

I support #TeslaTakedown and participated in one of their protests. But look at how scummy this petition is.

First I notice that they inform me that I “may receive” email from a bunch of groups. That’s weird because it implies uncertainty.

Then I notice this microscopic, grey-on-grey text that says “edit subscription preferences”. I haven’t signed in to this site, so how do I even have any preferences to edit? I tap it and it expands to an already-opted-in list of ELEVEN different orgs who will all feel entitled to spam me because they will point to this as the time I affirmatively opted in to receive all their emails.

How many petition signers even see that, much less click it? This is a #DarkPattern and this is really slimy. The ONLY way to be slimier would be to opt me in without even telling me.

The word “preferences” is plural, implying I have more than one preference. In practice my choice is to accept email from all 11 or none. It’s a single preference, hidden from view as much as possible.

#DarkPatterns

Screenshot of the petition web site. Beneath the button labeled “add your name” is this text: “You may receive email updates from #Tesla Takedown, Stop The Money Pipeline, 18 Million Rising, Oil & Gas Action Network (OGAN), Troublemakers Community, Action Lenter on Race and the Economy, New York Communities for Chenge (NYCC), 350 Seattle, People's Tech Project, and Working Families Party and Working Families Power, the spo sors of this petition.”Screenshot of the same web site after I tap the “edit subscription preferences” text. Now that same list of eleven orgs appears with a tickbox saying “opt in to updates from” this huge list.
Friedrich DelgadoTauPan
2025-06-20

So I've noticed that it's really hard to unfollow twitch streamers, both in the app and on the web. If you open the app, it plays some video, if you tap on the streamer you want to unfollow, it immediately shows a video, the unfollow button is shown briefly and is immediately replaced by chat. I'm 100% sure that this is on purpose to send you more notifications, never less and I hate it!

2025-06-18

I logged back into #pinterest recently after reading about how it's gaining popularity again. Check out how the push and email notification toggles are all hidden behind accordions 🙀 #darkpattern #darkpatterns #DeceptivePatterns #deceptivepattern

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-16

@LunaDragofelis @gulli @fuchsiii worse even:

So yet another reason I use inv.nadeko.net on #Firefox, cuz there's way less bs and it's recommendations ain't full of racist & facist #RageBait & #ClickBait!

2025-06-10

Cripes, I hate how every website these days treats *logging in* as a weird, semi-hidden thing you can do (they GUESS) if you don't want to !!!!!SIGN UP!!!!!! for a brand new account.

It's like a #DarkPattern, but it's not even trying to manipulate you into doing something advantageous to them. It's just a... Dumb pattern.

2025-06-05

📬 Manipulative Designtricks im Gaming: Verbraucherschützer mahnen fünf Spielehersteller ab
#Gaming #Rechtssachen #ClashofClans #DarkPattern #Designtricks #FortniteEntwickler #SubwaySurfers #vzbvStudie sc.tarnkappe.info/6d4e94

Preston von Gabbleduckbackupbear@aus.social
2025-06-04

@aaronk6 I remain of the opinion that "Not Now" / "Remind em later" is a #DarkPattern in #UX, no matter where it is being used.

Paco Hope #resistpaco@infosec.exchange
2025-06-04

I managed to get a video of this dark pattern. 12 seconds in you can finally see the faint "skip" button pop in. First I have to click the 'What's happening under the hood?" link. Then I have to leave the explanation on the screen for a while, then skip appears.

#darkpattern #darkpatterns #ui #ux

2025-06-02

@DamonHD soundclouds "leave me alone" button is desperately far away from it's parent container... #darkpattern

Paco Hope #resistpaco@infosec.exchange
2025-06-01

Here's a nice #darkpattern from #AmazonQDeveloper. Installing it on my #debian laptop and it pops up this GUI. Now, grey text on white background is a completely pedestrian dark pattern.

The thing that is new for me, that isn't obvious from a single screenshot, is that the "skip" grey text doesn't appear at all for like 10-20 seconds. When you first see this dialog box, there's no 'skip' button. This might lead you to believe it isn't possible to skip. I tend to read things that pop up. And so while I was reading the skip button appeared.

Thanks #darkpatterns

A dialog box that says "Install the GNOME shell extension. It has some grey text on white describing what it does. Therre's a big black button labeled "install" and below that is some small grey text on white that says 'skip'.

Ah,yes- the two possible responses😡
#darkpattern

2025-05-29

Extremely shitty #darkpattern

That check box has a hidden scroll bar that only appears if you hover over it or use the scroll wheel, which reveals a second check box allowing you to opt-out. The continue button is grayed out until you pick either one 🙃

2025-05-18

Apple, gelbe Karte 🟨 für dieses Dark Pattern!

#Apple #Abo #DarkPattern #Melken

2025-05-17

I'm trying to send someone a Windows self-extracting archive file. It's a little .exe program. I put it on Dropbox but when you click on the link you see the first image. If you click the Download button you see the second image. You have to ignore everything but the last line to just download the file. Talk about dark patterns.

#Dropbox #DarkPattern

Can't load this file type. This file type is unsupported here.The usual nasty prompt to log in with Google, Apple, or email instead of just downloading the file. Only the last line contains the download link.

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