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.
Privacy Zuckering
What's privacy zuckering? A service or a website tricks you into sharing more information with it than you really want to.
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.
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.
Samsung: Forcing promotional emails
Samsung decides that you definitely need the optional item without providing this choice for you.
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...
Shaw.ca: Sign up only by receiving promotions
When you try to sign up for free WiFi with Shaw.ca...