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… WIRED reviewed a similar, although not identical, workflow when independently completing the MyMove voter registration process. “MyMove is employing a pretty egregious cocktail of dark patterns,” says Lior Strahilevitz, a University of Chicago Law School professor, whose research has shown that agg… …
Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy
… That framing may sound harsh, but it aligns with long-standing complaints about "dark patterns" in software design. …
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