India's consumer watchdog has fined edtech firm PhysicsWallah Rs 5 lakh and cybersecurity company McAfee Rs 1 lakh for using deceptive 'dark patterns' to manipulate users into unintended actions like donations and subscriptions.
Google is integrating its Gemini AI across Gmail, Drive, and Workspace, raising serious privacy concerns about data usage. While Google claims it doesn't use personal data from Workspace apps to train foundational AI models, Gemini outputs can include email and file summaries that become training data. Users wanting to opt out face dark patterns: disabling Gemini Apps Activity destroys chat history, and turning off Smart Features in Gmail kills popular functions like inbox tabs and Smart Compose. Privacy controls are buried several clicks deep, and experts say the design appears deliberately obstructive.
Un désabonnement introuvable, un compte à rebours artificiel, une option payante cachée : les "dark patterns", ou "interfaces trompeuses", sont des méthodes de manipulation des consommateurs massivement employées par les grandes plateformes… en toute illégalité, car elles nuisent à notre bien-être et à la libre concurrence.
