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===Sneaking and information hiding=== | ===Sneaking and information hiding=== | ||
These practices involve concealing or obscuring material information from users | These practices involve concealing or obscuring material information from users, such as | ||
* Hidden costs reveal unexpected fees only at checkout, a practice employed by ticketing platforms | |||
* Drip pricing advertises only part of a product's total price initially and then imposes other mandatory charges later<ref name=":0" /> | |||
* Checking a box by default that installs [[Bloatware|potentially-unwanted software]], such as an "anti-virus" that's actually [[spyware]] or a [[wikipedia:Cryptocurrency#Mining|crypto-miner]] | |||
===Social proof and urgency=== | ===Social proof and urgency=== | ||