Dangerous Dark Patterns: Japanese Subscription Scams
A dissection by the Consumer Affairs Agency reveals that the elderly’s proclivity for singular sources and a reluctance to inspect subscription nuances renders them vulnerable. An agency analyst underscores, “Compared with the digital natives, the elderly’s digital literacy gap becomes a gaping maw of trouble.” The nomenclature “dark patterns,” coined by the British UX designer Harry Brignull in 2010, masks …