# 686: Todd Libby on Deceptive Patterns

An episode of [ShopTalk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/493890455), 13 Oct 2025, 1 h 00 min.

Audio: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/167887a0-ac00-4cf9-bc69-b5ca845997db/episodes/e7be52b5-b6f6-4b92-91a6-3bf3fdd383e6/audio/c75aae44-0235-4e3c-8731-49680e8dab22/default_tc.mp3?nocache

Show Description Todd Libby is on the show to talk with us about deceptive patterns on the web, what WCAG is and who it's for, and 5 deceptive patterns in use on the web today. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Guests Todd Libby Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Web developer and developer advocate from Portland, Maine now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I had been a developer for most of my 25 years professionally in tech before moving to accessibility. Links • Front End Nerdery • Trump used dark patterns to trick supporters into donating millions more than intended | The Verge • Death to Bullshit | Brad Frost • Deceptive Patterns (aka Dark Patterns) - spreading awareness since 2010 • The Architecture of Anxiety and Shame, Part One

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