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Norton uses the disguised ad dark pattern, portraying an advertisment as a personalised warning of a data breach.

“I am really sick of @Norton’s dark patterns — like 1.) blocking the “x” on dialogs, when 2.) the dialog itself is all advertising, not an actual warning.”

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