Researchers find 'dark patterns' in Japanese mobile apps

Popular Japanese mobile apps have malicious design elements called dark patterns or deceptive user interface designs, researchers from Tokyo Tech have found. A new class of dark patterns, called "Linguistic Dead-Ends," of types "Untranslation" and "Alphabet Soup," was also discovered.

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