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Privacy Zuckering

What's privacy zuckering? A service or a website tricks you into sharing more information with it than you really want to.
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LinkedIn: Training AI on your content

Data, AI, consent. We’ve hit a point where more and more companies use your content to enrich themselves, often without asking first.
03 Nov 2025 2 min read
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Figma: How to opt out of AI features?

In early 2025, Figma rolled out AI features that came with a surprise: the company had automatically opted all users in to have their design files used for AI training.
04 Sep 2025 3 min read
Redis.com: "Free" ebooks
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Redis.com: "Free" ebooks

When you visit Redis.com to download one of their free ebooks, you will be presented with a form that requests your email address.
28 Jan 2023 1 min read
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Samsung: Forcing promotional emails

Samsung decides that you definitely need the optional item without providing this choice for you.
24 Oct 2022 1 min read
Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern
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Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern

Ryanair Airlines is an excellent example of a company that will use as many dark patterns as possible...
07 Jul 2022 2 min read
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Shaw.ca: Sign up only by receiving promotions

When you try to sign up for free WiFi with Shaw.ca...
03 Feb 2022 1 min read
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