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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by thehappypm on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:54AM (#27632344)
Grabbing images of women from social media, and aggregating them without their consent, is not necessarily illegal, but it's certainly exploitative and creepy.
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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by wutbrodo on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:57AM (#27632391)
This is just restating the question. "Exploitative and creepy" doesn't have a whole lot of semantic content beyond "wrong".

I took a whack at articulating _why_ it's wrong while not quite fitting a clear definition of malfeasance here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27632365

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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by willcipriano on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:59AM (#27632428)
The pictures are one thing and bad enough. Including location and links to profiles could make you a party to stalking or worse, and that is quite unethical.
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