Deceptive Patterns
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Skype tricks users into uploading their address book - via a dialog box that has no visible option to refuse.

Author
briankrebs
Date
13 Aug 2022

“Noticed my Skype client on the iPad started doing this sneaky crap where when you open the app it presents a prompt that asks you to approve sharing all your contacts w/ Skype. And there’s no visible way to say “no.""