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In my book, flagging as malware something that is not malware is lying, or at least a false positive. So, spoiler: it's a bit more nuanced than "yes" or "no".
by klez 8y ago
In my book, flagging as malware something that is not malware is lying, or at least a false positive.
So, spoiler: it's a bit more nuanced than "yes" or "no".
- ska 8y agoIn my book, there is a lot of distance between "lying" and "false positive"
- klibertp 8y agoWhich really shrinks when it's about presenting the known-failible process as 100% reliable, which the wording/UX seem to suggest in this case. I can understand the reasoning behind this, I've seen it done multiple times to my own projects by the UX guys. I don't really know if it's net-positive strategy or not, but the fact that there is a lie involved at some level is undeniable. At least to those who didn't drink too much Kool-Aid and don't think the average user is too stupid to comprehend the truth, and therefore that it makes no sense to present it to the users. I may be biased in the other direction, but every time I see a discussion about "dark patterns" in UI I get a feeling that they differ from the "light" ones only in what is the goal of the manipulation, but with methods surprisingly similar on both sides.