Deceit.blog: #technology https://deceit.blog/tag/technology Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "technology". en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:55:49 GMT 60 Fortnite's maker paid $520 million because a button was designed to be pressed by accident https://deceit.blog/essay/dark-patterns-consumer-manipulation https://deceit.blog/essay/dark-patterns-consumer-manipulation Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. In December 2022, the FTC ordered Fortnite's maker, Epic Games, to pay $520 million. Not for a data breach. Not for a hack. For interface design. $275 million of that was the largest penalty the FTC has ever obtained for violating a federal privacy rule, over default settings that left children's vo… A Letter to the Left on AI https://deceit.blog/essay/letter-to-the-left-on-ai https://deceit.blog/essay/letter-to-the-left-on-ai Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT Explain. To the left, If our politics of artificial intelligence ends with refusal, the decisions do not stop. Employers still decide how the systems enter workplaces. Technology companies still decide what gets built and whose data pays for it. Police and immigration agencies still decide how automated anal…