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The dark pattern is capturing an email address even if someone doesn’t submit the form. Imagine you start a guest checkout, type your email address and nothing
by whalesalad 5y ago
The dark pattern is capturing an email address even if someone doesn’t submit the form. Imagine you start a guest checkout, type your email address and nothing more, then close the window. That email would still get captured for marketing purposes. Because this isn’t what a user would expect, it’s considered a dark pattern.
- leephillips 5y agoAnd the browser’s autofill may fill in the email address without the user intending to, conceivably.
- InitialLastName 5y agoOr, conceivably, the wrong email address. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has multiple, context-dependent email addresses that (in some cases) are email aliases I share with others, all saved with appropriate supplemental information in my browser.