Unethical Software Engineering
Unethical Software Engineering
Dark Patterns
About the Book
In an age where digital innovation shines, the murky practices behind the screens often remain shrouded in mystery. Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns exposes how to manipulate, exploit, and deceive users for profit and control. From aggressive advertisers to bot pretenders, this book collects the dark patterns behind unethical software engineering practices, explains their consequences, and projects their insidious impact on our lives.
The book is structured in 5 parts:
- Covert Surveillance: discover how software engineers redefine the boundaries of privacy in pursuit of data to market and sell products improved by exploiting their users.
- Monetization at all costs: learn how profit-driven design trumps user experience and vendor reputation.
- Digital Fraud: engineer deception, bait and switch and impersonation to erode trust in digital ecosystems.
- Ranking Manipulation: distort user choice by corrupting the integrity of once trusted recommendation platforms
- Unethical Artificial Intelligence Practices: harvest human creativity, create the illusion of flawless machines while dodging accountability and deeply spread misinformation.
Each chapter draws not just the context, problem and solution of these dark patterns but also unveils the profound ethical dilemmas they raise. This book serves as a wake-up call to developers, architects, regulators, and users alike. It urges the tech industry to rethink its priorities, challenging engineers where to draw the line and craft software that respects and empowers users rather than exploiting and disrupting them.
Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns is an essential read for anyone, whether you're an industry insider or an everyday user. Prepare to confront the darkness behind some of the code and demand an ethical future for digital technology.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Dark Patterns Overview
- Covert Surveillance
- Dark Pattern 1 EMAIL PIXEL INJECTOR
- Dark Pattern 2 STEALTHY INPUT LOGGER
- Monetization at all costs
- Dark Pattern 3 AGGRESSIVE ADVERTISER
- Dark Pattern 4 AD-BLOCKER DETECTOR
- Dark Pattern 5 PAY TO WIN
- Dark Pattern 6 ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY HOARDER
- Dark Pattern 7 DRM RUG PULLER
- Dark Pattern 8 OBSOLESCENCE PLANNER
- Digital Fraud
- Dark Pattern 9 CYBERSQUATTER
- Dark Pattern 10 SNEAKY TERMS DEGRADER
- Dark Pattern 11 INTEROPERABILITY BREAKER
- Ranking Manipulation
- Dark Pattern 12 FAKE REVIEW GENERATOR
- Dark Pattern 13 SEARCH RANKING KICKBACKER
- Unethical Artificial Intelligence Practices
- Dark Pattern 14 TRAINING DATA HARVESTER
- Dark Pattern 15 BOT PRETENDER
- Dark Pattern 16 DECEPTIVE DEEPFAKER
- Conclusion
- Dark Patterns Summaries
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Introduction
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