Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
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Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#2Interesting that this site itself may use one of the described dark patterns. The banner on the main page has options "Got it" and "Learn more". There is no indication as to whether the "Got it" button is taken as consent for tracking, nor is there a "Reject all non-essential tracking" option on the main banner.
Whether or not this site is compliant depends on whether the "Got it" button is taken as affirmative consent for non-essential tracking or not.
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#3This is the PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.02479.pdf I couldn't understand how to find it on the linked site. Maybe the submission URL should be changed?
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#4Who came up with the term dark patterns? It's psychological manipulation and fraud, pure and simple
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#5GDPR consent buttons and statements are as worthless as the California Proposition 65 cancer warning that gets slapped on every consumer product. Any plugins to strip them out or automatically consent?
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#6GDPR consent buttons and statements are as worthless as the California Proposition 65 cancer warning that gets slapped on every consumer product. Any plugins to strip them out or automatically consent?
Yes: I don't care about cookies
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#7For me personally - all these popup banners and modal walls for websites about cookies and stuff just really make the internet a worse place. I suspect that empirically, they don't accomplish what the GDPR intended to - and they make the internet less enjoyable. Thanks GDPR.
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#8Who came up with the term dark patterns? It's psychological manipulation and fraud, pure and simple
Because there are shades of gray
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#9Interesting that this site itself may use one of the described dark patterns. The banner on the main page has options "Got it" and "Learn more". There is no indication as to whether the "Got it" button is taken as consent for tracking, nor is there a "Reject all non-essential tracking" option on the main banner. Whether or not this site is compliant depends on whether the "Got it" button is taken as affirmative conse…
The best way to let a site know that you don't want tracking cookies is to disable cookies. Most sites work fine. This one redirects you to:
Re: Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their influence
#10GDPR consent buttons and statements are as worthless as the California Proposition 65 cancer warning that gets slapped on every consumer product. Any plugins to strip them out or automatically consent?
ublock origin takes care of most of them. You will want to go to settings > filters and make sure that you have EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and EasyCookie all enabled. I would also recommend Fanboy's Annoyances filter list enabled, as it contains quite a few nice cosmetic filters to block out similar annoying web elements.