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A bit off-topic, but does anybody have any examples of websites which use this dark pattern? I am interested in trying to disable this "feature" client-side for
by surround 5y ago
A bit off-topic, but does anybody have any examples of websites which use this dark pattern? I am interested in trying to disable this "feature" client-side for the sake of privacy.
- henriquez 5y agoYou could disable JavaScript, otherwise there's no general way of preventing this type of behavior -- as far as I can imagine there are too many different ways of scooping up user input data to generally block via a browser add-on.
- jefftk 5y agoOnce you have entered your email address on a page with JS and the page has sent any additional network traffic, you have to assume that the server has your email address if they want it. JS is just too complex to offer any other guarantees.