Dark Pattern Detector

An extension that is made to autonomously detect dark patterns (Disguised ads, hidden costs, sneak into basket) on your webpage.

This extension is made to detect dark patterns or deceptive designs that are found on various webpages around the internet. In particular, disguised ads, hidden costs, and sneak into basket are the patterns that this extension is made to currently detect and highlight. This was made as part of a Master's research for a thesis and is only being used to for such testing. It will be distributed to participants and does not collect any data or information from them.

Manifest V3 Extension
By:
rmwood323
Users:
2
Version:
0.0.0.1 Last updated: 2023-02-13
Creation date:
2023-02-13
Risk:
Low risk impact High risk likelihood
Size:
20.97KB
Email:
rm*****@gmail.com
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Chrome Web Store
Updated:
2 years ago

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Dark Pattern Detector requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
Risk likelihood
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Risk likelihood analysis details
  • Critical This extension is not longer available in the store
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