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joschi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@lucajunge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lucajunge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> So, gerade nochmal geprüft. Vor 3 Tagen auf „Übernehmen“ gedrückt und jetzt wieder den Dialog zu sehen bekommen.</p><p>Definitiv ein <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> in der Tagesschau App. 😡</p>
Raphaël<p>Long article sur la "Komootisation" : WHEN WE GET KOMOOTED <a href="https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g</span><span class="invisible">et-komooted/</span></a><br>il aborde les différentes aspects de l'histoire de Komoot vendu du jour au lendemain à une entreprise qui à viré 80% des salariés dans la foulée.</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/velo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velo</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/bikepacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikepacking</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a></p>
AnthonyNew uBlock Origin rule to clobber the intrusive "Copilot" button that recently appeared in Outlook web mail:<br><br><code>! Jul 25, 2025 https://outlook.office.com</code><br><code>outlook.office.com##<a href="https://buc.ci?t=copilotcommandcenterbutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CopilotCommandCenterButton</a></code><br><br>Note: there should be three (3) pound signs between ".com" and "CopilotCommandCenterButton". For some reason my fediverse server does not display all three.<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=ublock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uBlock</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=aispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AISpam</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copilot</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=outlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Outlook</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkPattern</a><br><br>This post is not an invitation to criticize me for using a Microsoft product or to suggest an alternative.<br>
gismork<p>Et la palme de la résiliation la plus insupportable revient à ... Deezer 🎉 !</p><p>Après 4 popup avec un beau <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> sur le bouton "Continuer ma résiliation", voilà qu'ils te proposent une réduction pendant 6 mois.</p><p>Un beau bouton "S'abonner" bien en évidence alors que tu as cliqué déjà 3 fois sur "Continuer ma résiliation" 🤢.</p><p>Abonnés <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deezer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deezer</span></a>, profitez en, allez ce pas profiter de cette belle offre bien mise en avant !</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resiliation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foutagedegueule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foutagedegueule</span></a></p>
AnthonyI don't read BoingBoing very often so perhaps I missed this when it happened. Anyway, is it just me or is BoingBoing now paywalling all their articles? For instance, I only see part of <a href="https://boingboing.net/2025/07/18/a-guide-to-protecting-your-privacy-at-u-s-borders.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this one</a>. At the cutoff point I'm encouraged to go read the whole article on "BoingBoing Premium". I seem to recall one of their cofounders saying they were not going to paywall articles, but would have a paid tier where you wouldn't see ads.<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=boingboing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoingBoing</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=paywall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paywall</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkPattern</a><br>
aburtch<p>This is a <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> IMO.</p>
joschi<p>Liebe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span>, ich möchte keine Push-Nachrichten erhalten, weder jetzt, noch irgendwann später.</p><p>Warum nutzt die Tagesschau-App dieses <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nagging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nagging</span></a>)? Warum gibt es keine Option, welche diese Frage dauerhaft mit Nein beantwortet?</p><p><a href="https://dapde.de/de/dark-patterns/arten-und-beispiele/druck2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dapde.de/de/dark-patterns/arte</span><span class="invisible">n-und-beispiele/druck2/</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> 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&amp;T instead). </p><p>I support <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> and participated in one of their protests. But look at how scummy this petition is.</p><p>First I notice that they inform me that I “may receive” email from a bunch of groups. That’s weird because it implies uncertainty. </p><p>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.</p><p>How many petition signers even see that, much less click it? This is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> and this is really slimy. The ONLY way to be slimier would be to opt me in without even telling me. </p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPatterns</span></a></p>
drupalthoughts<p>I logged back into <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinterest</span></a> recently after reading about how it's gaining popularity again. Check out how the push and email notification toggles are all hidden behind accordions 🙀 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DeceptivePatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeceptivePatterns</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/deceptivepattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deceptivepattern</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://em.erge.to/users/LunaDragofelis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LunaDragofelis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodontech.de/@gulli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gulli</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> worse even: </p><ul><li>They do this kind of shit - <em>just like other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a>|s like constantly nudging people into agreeing with their tracking bs</em> - REGARDLESS if one uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> and disables all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookies</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> or logs into a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> account on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoogleChrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleChrome</span></a>.</li></ul><p>So yet another reason I use <a href="https://inv.nadeko.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">inv.nadeko.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, cuz there's way less bs and it's recommendations ain't full of racist &amp; facist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RageBait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RageBait</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClickBait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClickBait</span></a>!</p>
Preston von Gabbleduck<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aaronk6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aaronk6</span></a></span> I remain of the opinion that "Not Now" / "Remind em later" is a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a>, no matter where it is being used.</p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a></p>
John McLear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DamonHD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DamonHD</span></a></span> soundclouds "leave me alone" button is desperately far away from it's parent container... <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>Here's a nice <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AmazonQDeveloper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonQDeveloper</span></a>. Installing it on my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> laptop and it pops up this GUI. Now, grey text on white background is a completely pedestrian dark pattern.</p><p>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.</p><p>Thanks <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a></p>
GunChleoc<p>Jetzt kapiere ich endlich, wie ich mir bei Petitionsplattformen immer die fuck EMails einfange, obwohl ich beim Unterzeichnen nie den Haken setze.</p><p>Augen auf bei der Bestätigungsmail!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WeAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@techlore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>techlore</span></a></span> OFC <em>"Tracking"</em> is also offered as something to reduce the rates but I'm against that stuff as a matter of principle.</p><ul><li> Being that they "reward" people for that with lower premiums, I can imagine a lot of folks getting shafted into agreeing into it.</li></ul><p>And I think that's a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> that needs to be banned.</p><ul><li>OFC parts being serialized is common as to both do proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/recalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recalls</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProductSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductSafety</span></a> and also to enshure both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> with the safety standards as well as track down stolen parts.</li></ul><p>And the latter one is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVyKDFK_Gk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a real problem</a>...</p>
Juergen the German<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://muenchen.social/@bertl94" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bertl94</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> Das dürfte illegal sein. Ich könnte mir allerdings vorstellen, das beim Seitenaufrufe die Regler verschoben werden ("Ist unser Standard") und wenn man's nicht ändert war's das. <a href="https://photog.social/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a></p>
rood<p>An example of frustration with Google.</p><p>Google added a compulsory "system browser" to my Android. </p><p>Should be a no-frills unowned Internet browser, right?</p><p>Sorry, read the privacy policy. It's a company data harvester for some random shell company. </p><p>That's a dark pattern!<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/darkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a></p>
iverbpunkt<p>Ey, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tazgetroete</span></a></span> !</p><p>Ich hoffe, der Cookie-Banner mit den 617 (!) Partnern und <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darkpattern</span></a> ist nur ein schlechter Joke! Wenn der bleibt, ist mein <a href="https://norden.social/tags/tazzahlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tazzahlich</span></a>-Beitrag (und ich) wieder weg!</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/payorokay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payorokay</span></a></p>
eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl<p>Advies van <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@universiteitleiden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>universiteitleiden</span></a></span> "Gebruik WhatsApp niet voor zakelijke berichten" Heel goed! 👍 dat gaat vooruit. 😃 <a href="https://www.medewerkers.universiteitleiden.nl/mededelingen/2025/02/gebruik-whatsapp-niet-voor-zakelijke-berichten" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medewerkers.universiteitleiden</span><span class="invisible">.nl/mededelingen/2025/02/gebruik-whatsapp-niet-voor-zakelijke-berichten</span></a></p><p>Nu <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MSTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSTeams</span></a> nog afraden, want daar gelden vrijwel dezelfde problemen voor als voor <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, zeker als er een deelnemer is die níet onder de verwerkersovereenkomst van de universiteit valt. 🤔 </p><p>Eén verkeerde klik in de dark pattern slalom en je hebt zogenaamd "geïnformeerde toestemming" gegeven aan Microsoft. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
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