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How Online Shops Deceive You featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

Two friends search for the same hotel room, at the same time,...

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How BNPL Apps Are Designed to Create Debt featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You are checking out online and a new option appears: split this...

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How Fake Social Proof Works Online featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You are choosing between two nearly identical products. One has 4.8 stars...

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Why Your Apps Share More Than You Think featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

When did you last set up a new app and actually read...

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How Apps Bury the Settings You Actually Need featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You decide to finally turn off ad tracking, or delete your account,...

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Infinite Scroll Was Designed to Keep You Watching featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You picked up your phone to check one notification. An hour later...

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Subscription traps featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

Open your bank statement and scroll through the last three months. Somewhere...

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Cookie Banners and Consent Tricks featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You have clicked “Accept All” on a cookie banner today. Probably more...

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How Apps and Websites Trick You By Design featured
  • Rithika Krishna
  • Posted by Rithika Krishna
October 18, 2026

You have clicked “Accept All” without reading it. You have paid for...

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