2 papers
cs.CR2026
DPAgent-in-the-Middle: Agentic Defense and Repair Against AI-Groomed Deceptive Patterns
Zewei Shi, Ruoxi Sun, Haoyang Li +4
Privacy deceptive patterns in web interfaces systematically manipulate users into disclosing personal data, yet existing defenses are fragmented, static, and increasingly vulnerabl…
cs.CR2025
50 Shades of Deceptive Patterns: A Unified Taxonomy, Multimodal Detection, and Security Implications
Zewei Shi, Ruoxi Sun, Jieshan Chen +5
Deceptive patterns (DPs) are user interface designs deliberately crafted to manipulate users into unintended decisions, often by exploiting cognitive biases for the benefit of comp…