The vast majority of websites you visit now greet you with a pop-up. This annoying impediment to your seamless web browsing is called the “cookie banner”, and it’s there to secure your consent, as per ...

“Dark patterns” describes online interfaces in websites and apps designed to intentionally manipulate users into taking actions they otherwise would not. Social media platforms frequently use “dark ...

The vast majority of websites you visit now greet you with a pop-up. This annoying impediment to your seamless web browsing is called the “cookie banner,” and it’s there to secure your consent, as per ...

French lawyer and entrepreneur Marie Potel-Saville, whom I met at Lisbon’s Web Summit, has a mission: to root out dark patterns in the digital world. Her company, Fair Patterns, has developed a range ...

An approaching cyber storm—one capable of unleashing unprecedented chaos—is looming on the horizon of the United States’ public and private sectors. Although experts warn that attackers are poised to ...