“Are you enjoying this app?”

[securitywriter@infosec.exchange]

“Are you enjoying this app?”

I fucking was until you interrupted me.

[machias@mstdn.social]

@SecurityWriter This! So much this!

[cr0w@infosec.exchange]

@SecurityWriter

[securitywriter@infosec.exchange]

*20s into opening a new app*

“Why not take a moment to rate us on the App Store?”

Because I’m now going to make hating your products my entire personality.

[faraiwe@mstdn.social]

@SecurityWriter thought you meant what is in the edit. =)

[g@irrelephant.co]

@SecurityWriter I pretty often take the time for a 1 star review for interrupting me especially since I have the iOS level switch to disable review requests, but apps use their own UI first etc…

[faraiwe@mstdn.social]

@SecurityWriter ::looks for the minus five stars rating on application repository::

[securitywriter@infosec.exchange]

You can absolutely get fucked sky-high, if I’ve turned this off and you build a custom UI to pester me any anyway.

[securitywriter@infosec.exchange]

@g ha! I’ve just referenced this!

[ncrazed@fd00.space]

@SecurityWriter dating apps are even more "fun" in this area. At least for men, they wait until you get a match and then immediately pop up a rating prompt.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@SecurityWriter Also I'm less inclined to do something if nagged to do it!

• I don't even have an account with which I could rate it anyway...

[tmfox@tech.lgbt]

@SecurityWriter an opportunity to opt out?

I wish everything had an option where it is set to opt out by default 🙃

[creativegamingname@infosec.exchange]

@SecurityWriter In our application we've designed and implemented a set of features to not only track your usage, frequency cycles and other key metrics for our sales and marketing teams... but we've also configured the systems to be beholden on it... neat huh?

music tone turns sinister
We have a few questions for you, about the activity we have monitored on your devices. Care to... explain?

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@SecurityWriter I was having moisture problems in my crawlspace, hired a place to come out and do some repairs and install a sump. They did a great job, crawlspace is dry as a bone now.

But they asked me to leave a review on their Google maps page, and when I didn't, they called me repeatedly asking me to do so.

I tried explaining to them that I never leave reviews for any reason, but they kept pleading with me. I eventually resorted to blocking their number.

Apparently, this bullshit is spreading out into meatspace. We have really constructed a horrible place to live for ourselves.

[ericbr@mastodon.social]

@SecurityWriter Ha! Just happened to me too. Outlook invites you to send "internal feedback" if you say no, as opposed to leaving a five-star review if you say yes.

[pq1r@tech.lgbt]

@SecurityWriter ...in a modal window that hides the exact place you were reading from

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus@cyberplace.social]

@SecurityWriter "If you ask me how likely I am to refer your product to others I will see your net promoter score in hell if I have to crawl there."

[clueax@infosec.exchange]

@SecurityWriter "Rate 1 - 10, Would you recommend Microsoft <insert product here> management console to a friend?"

I need whoever greenlit these feedback boxes at Microsoft to understand: Nobody goes into their management consoles for shits and giggles. We go there because we have to. There is no "recommending" it to anyone.

[the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org]

@SecurityWriter

"How can I help you?"

GTFO of my face, worthless chatbot. I just got here.

[meadow@lgbtqia.space]

@SecurityWriter
Every time an app does that, I just give them a 1-star rating. If they care that much about the rating, they're getting the lowest one.