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Japanese Mobile Apps Exposed: Uncovering Deceptive 'Dark Patterns'wordpress,mobileapps,darkpatterns,deceptivepractices,userexperience,Japan,appdevelopment

Japanese Mobile Apps Exposed: Uncovering Deceptive ‘Dark Patterns’

Dark Patterns in Japanese Mobile Apps Introduction Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have uncovered a concerning presence of “dark patterns” in popular Japanese mobile apps. Dark patterns refer to deceitful design elements in user interfaces that manipulate users into taking actions contrary to their original intentions. While extensively studied in Western contexts, this…

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Unveiling the Deceptive Designs: Study Uncovers 'Dark Patterns' in Japan's Mobile Appswordpress,mobileapps,darkpatterns,deceptivedesigns,study,Japan

Unveiling the Deceptive Designs: Study Uncovers ‘Dark Patterns’ in Japan’s Mobile Apps

Dark Patterns Discovered in Japanese Mobile Apps: A Cause for Concern Introduction In a recent study conducted by researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, it has been found that popular Japanese mobile apps employ malicious design elements known as “dark patterns” or deceptive user interface designs. The study also discovered a new class of…

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China Delivers Cyber Blow to US and Japan with APT Attacks on Cisco Firmwarecyberattacks,China,APTattacks,Ciscofirmware,US,Japan

China Delivers Cyber Blow to US and Japan with APT Attacks on Cisco Firmware

Chinese State-Linked Threat Actor Exploits Cisco Routers to Breach Multinational Organizations An Overview of the Breach An old Chinese state-linked threat actor known as “BlackTech” has been conducting sophisticated cyber attacks on multinational organizations in both the United States and Japan, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory from the National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, Cybersecurity…

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"Unveiling the Decade-Long Toyota Data Breach: Over 2 Million Vehicles in Japan Affected"cybersecurity,toyota,databreach,Japan,vehicles,informationsecurity

“Unveiling the Decade-Long Toyota Data Breach: Over 2 Million Vehicles in Japan Affected”

Toyota, Japan‘s top automaker, has disclosed that its online cloud-based Connected service for vehicles had a data breach that put the information of more than 2 million vehicles at risk from January 2012 to April 2023. Though no evidence of leaked or stolen data has been found, such information includes vehicle identification numbers, location data,…

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