If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to cancel an online subscription, or to deactivate an account on a website, you may have fallen prey to ‘dark patterns’. The Advertising Standards Authority ...

Dark patterns are special tricks used in the interface of applications and websites that make you do things that you don’t really want to. For example, when you land on a website and have to sign up ...

'Beware dark patterns for they lead you into temptation and maketh you spend money...' This sounds like a cheesy fantasy movie. But what it really is, is a cautionary tale for the cyber age, a warning ...