Dark pattern: Difference between revisions

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*'''Trick Timers:''' Timers that restart or extend themselves after expiring to simulate urgency and encourage immediate decisions based on false time pressure.

===Widespread examples===

=== Widespread examples ===

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

!Example

!~~'''~~Types of dark patterns~~'''~~

!Types of dark patterns

!~~'''~~Description~~'''~~

!Description

|-

|Google Chrome

Ad settings

Ad ~~privacy setting~~

| - Default-settings exploitation

|~~<nowiki>~~- Default-settings exploitation~~</nowiki>~~

- Misdirection

|After installing Google Chrome, the user gets asked to check the "ad privacy" settings. There are 3 options in this menu,

each with a toggle hidden inside a sub-menu. The first one (ad topics) is disabled by default, while the other 2 start off enabled. This can trick some users into assuming that all of the toggles are disabled by default after seeing the first one.

each with a toggle hidden inside a sub-menu. The first one (ad topics) is disabled by default, while the other 2 start off enabled.

This can trick users into assuming that all of the toggles are disabled by default after seeing the first one.

|}

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 *'''Trick Timers:''' Timers that restart or extend themselves after expiring to simulate urgency and encourage immediate decisions based on false time pressure.
-===Widespread examples===
+=== Widespread examples ===
 {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
 !Example
-!'''Types of dark patterns'''
+!Types of dark patterns
-!'''Description'''
+!Description
 |-
 |Google Chrome
+Ad settings
-Ad privacy setting
+| - Default-settings  exploitation
-|<nowiki>- Default-settings exploitation</nowiki>
 - Misdirection
 |After installing Google Chrome, the user gets asked to check the "ad privacy" settings. There are 3 options in this menu,
+each with a toggle hidden inside a sub-menu. The first one (ad topics) is disabled by default, while the other 2 start off enabled.  This can trick some users into assuming that all of the toggles are disabled by default after seeing the first one.
-each with a toggle hidden inside a sub-menu. The first one (ad topics) is disabled by default, while the other 2 start off enabled.
-This can trick users into assuming that all of the toggles are disabled by default after seeing the first one.
 |}