[austincheney]

Its not dark UX merely because you don't like it.

Dark UX suggests a control designed to trick you into making a decision you would deliberate otherwise not make. I looked at their opt-in control and it is very clear that you have to opt-in.

In other words, if you didn't want Facebook to have all your call and SMS data then why would you deliberately agree to give it to Facebook with their very obvious consent form?

[tatersolid]

> Dark UX suggests a control designed to trick you into making a decision you would deliberate otherwise not make.

Thats exactly what this is, Dark UX. No reasonable person would think that “text anyone on my phone” means “log all my calls and text messages in perpetuity” despite the deliberately obtuse (and light gray!) paragraph below.

It’s a trap.

[dictum]

> their very obvious consent form

I haven't used FB in a long time and I never used their mobile app, so here's a genuine request: do you have a screenshot or some example of how they gather consent for this?

[austincheney]

The Vanity Fair article about this featured a screenshot if you scroll down a little bit: https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/25/facebook-denies-it-collect...

[dictum]

Thanks. It confirms my empirical experience that most users (of all backgrounds) don't read, those who read don't fully comprehend the information, and those who comprehend it are thrown off by cute illustrations or the urgency of what they want to accomplish in the moment.

Personally, I'd prefer the message to be split in two parts, like so:

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# Text anyone in your phone

This lets friends find each other on Facebook and helps us create a better experience for everyone.

## Privacy

This will continously upload:

- Info about your contacts like phone numbers and nicknames

- Your call and text history.

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(I don't think I'd have gotten FB to a half-trillion market cap.)