Paco Hope #resist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> I support this idea and I will probably sign the petition (I’m a TM customer. Still mulling over whether I want to support Verizon or AT&T instead). </p><p>I support <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> and participated in one of their protests. But look at how scummy this petition is.</p><p>First I notice that they inform me that I “may receive” email from a bunch of groups. That’s weird because it implies uncertainty. </p><p>Then I notice this microscopic, grey-on-grey text that says “edit subscription preferences”. I haven’t signed in to this site, so how do I even have any preferences to edit? I tap it and it expands to an already-opted-in list of ELEVEN different orgs who will all feel entitled to spam me because they will point to this as the time I affirmatively opted in to receive all their emails.</p><p>How many petition signers even see that, much less click it? This is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> and this is really slimy. The ONLY way to be slimier would be to opt me in without even telling me. </p><p>The word “preferences” is plural, implying I have more than one preference. In practice my choice is to accept email from all 11 or none. It’s a single preference, hidden from view as much as possible.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPatterns</span></a></p>