techsolomon / cs371

Computer Ethics & Technical Communication projects from the Fall 2021 semester at UAF.

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cs371's Issues

Share the example of dark patterns

Describes the dark pattern or patterns

Explains why they are ethically wrong

Value sensitive design – Envisioning Systemic Effects on Persons and Society Throughout Interactive System Design¹

Footnotes

1. https://doi.org/10.1145/1394445.1394446 ↩

Dark Patterns – Assignment Details

Dark Patterns are anything designed to force users to do something they probably don’t want to do, or didn’t intend to do, or making the intended action harder than it should be.

Prototyping tools

• Adobe XD | Fast & Powerful UI/UX Design & Collaboration Tool
• Figma: the collaborative interface design tool.
• Proto.io - Prototyping for all

Project instructions

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Design document

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Find an example of dark patterns

1. New York Times (unsubscribe)
2. Amazon Prime (delete account)
3. Donating to political campaigns (recurring charges)

Explains what should have been done instead