Deceptive Patterns
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How might we evaluate dark patterns?

Author
Katie McInnis
Date
15 Oct 2019
Publisher
Consumer Reports
Category
Consumer Group or NGO

Dark patterns, present across platforms and devices, work to undermine consumer choice and autonomy — but we currently have no framework for evaluating them. How might we evaluate these deceptive design interfaces to better support consumer empowerment?

Dark patterns, present across platforms and devices, work to undermine consumer choice and autonomy — but we currently have no framework for evaluating them. How might we evaluate these deceptive design interfaces to better support consumer empowerment?