Dark Patterns and Ada Lovelace - Tech Weekly podcast

How user interfaces are designed to trick us. Plus, the legacy of Victorian computing pioneer Ada LovelaceEver subscribed to a mailing list by mistake? Booked travel insurance without noticing? Then you've fallen for a Dark Pattern. This week on the podcast we investigate the murky world of Dark Patterns: user interfaces that use psychological techniques to trick us into doing things we might otherwise not do.Continue reading...