We performed a content analysis of the user interface (UI) designs for five social networking sites (SNSs) popular among teens. As a result of this analysis, we identified UI design tactics that undermine people’s social privacy – or privacy dark patterns – and consolidated these tactics into a typology consisting of two main types (Obstruction and Obfuscation) and seven subtypes.
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How Dark Patterns Undermine Users’ Social Privacy Online
This analysis identified UI design tactics that undermine people’s social privacy – or privacy dark patterns – and consolidated these tactics into a typology consisting of two main types (Obstruction and Obfuscation) and seven subtypes.