Dark patterns: how online companies strive to keep your money and data when you try to leave
Why it’s so much easier to sign up to a service than it is to leave.
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Tech firms like to make cancelling subscriptions infuriatingly hard – but regulators are starting to crack down
It could become as easy to drop out as it was to sign up.
The rise of dark web design: how sites manipulate you into clicking
‘Cookie banners’ are just one example of how web designers exploit our psychology for commercial gain.
Freedom of thought is being threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. Here’s what we can do to protect it
Corporate and political actors know more about how our minds work than we do. The right to free thought can no longer be our ‘forgotten freedom’
We need a code to protect our online privacy and wipe out ‘dark patterns’ in digital design
There are calls for better web design standards to ensure greater personal data and privacy protection.
Many of New Zealand’s most popular websites use ‘dark patterns’ to manipulate users – is it time to regulate?
Kiwi consumers are increasingly experiencing personalised, targeted manipulation online, but the law has very little to say about it.
Why you may be paying more than you need to for digital subscriptions
All those small payments add up.
Why AI wants you to buy more – and mindfulness could help you buy less
As AI makes advertising more personal and persuasive, mindful shopping habits could help consumers stay in control.
Personality tests, dodgy reward programs, AI bots: how rent tech platforms make renting a ‘dehumanising’ experience
Rent tech is an unavoidable part of modern renting – and renters have little control over what data they have to give up and what happens to it afterwards.
What are dark patterns? An online media expert explains
Deceptively labeled buttons, choices that are hard to undo, web designs that hide options – these dark patterns are how some websites trick people into giving up their money and information.
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