Dark pattern
A design built on purpose to push you toward one choice, like a huge "Allow All" button.
Learn it through a story
- The Game That Asked for Too Much (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 3)
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Related terms
- Cyber hygiene The everyday habits that keep you safer online, the way regular habits keep you healthy offline.
- Cybercrime helpline (1930) / cybercrime.gov.in India's official channels for reporting online fraud, including fake job offers.
- Cybercrime helpline, 1930 India's national number for reporting cyber fraud.
- DAST Dynamic application security testing, probing a running application like an external attacker would.
- Data collection The gathering of information about how you use an app.
- Data fiduciary An organisation entrusted with collecting and handling someone's personal data responsibly.