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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. | *'''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=== | ||
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| - Default-settings exploitation | | - Default-settings exploitation | ||
- Misdirection | - Misdirection | ||
|After installing Google Chrome, the user gets asked to check the "ad privacy" settings. There are 3 options in this menu, | |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 some users into assuming that all of the toggles are disabled by default after seeing the first one. | |||
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