So when do we get to shoot back at the dark pattern? I remember back in the crazy pioneering days of the interwebs, someone came out with a program called “Rattlesnake” or something - which seemed to identify the computer(s) any kind of virus attack was launched from, then bit back (hence the name) by sinking its own viral fangs into the would-be assailant.
Apparently it worked; but clearly, was utterly illegal, and quickly disappeared.
My pet hate is how social networks harvest information from you. Buried in the EULAs (maybe), the modern trick over the last couple of years is to harvest information from the device you’re using. LinkedIn doesn’t even try to hide it - in the lists of “people you may know”, there are clearly simple emails with no pictures - pulled straight from my address book. FB recently offered me a friend to befriend after I texted him for the first time in a year.
Solution? Delete, delete, delete the apps - goodbye, and I spread the word!
