Interesting:
A Dark Pattern is a type of user interface that appears to have been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.
We developers have a big responsibility. Martin Fowler and Erik Dörnenburg (both ThoughtWorks) did a great presentation about that at the GOTO Aarhus 2014 Conference.
A quote:
“The developer who wrote that code is every bit as responsible as the person who told them to do it. You have a choice. You have a responsibility to ensure that your users are well treated and to reject dark patterns,” says Fowler. “We have a whole profession of people writing software and doing enormous things to change the way we live in the world.”
Please watch the video: Our Responsibility to Defeat Mass Surveillance – Erik Dörnenburg and Martin Fowler – YouTube.
–jeroen
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- Dark Patterns – User Interfaces Designed to Trick People.
- Tim Anderson: Developers, it’s your job to defeat mass surveillance say Martin Fowler and Erik Dörnenburg.
- Software gurus: Only developers can defeat mass surveillance • The Register.
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