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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Your QR code scanner showns you the URL before you choose to open it, right? So I don't really get the comparison to short URLs. As with any normal link, you get to see the link before you choose to "click" the QR code after you scan it.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, dark patterns are okay because they can be worked around. Got it.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I don't understand, why is a QR code a dark pattern?

Edit: I have now read the entire Wikipedia page on dark patterns, I didn't find one that would match.