The Non-Consensual Cookie Bandit – Simulating cookie consent dark patterns through interactive games

Summary: The Non-Consensual Cookie Bandit offers free, account-free games that simulate common cookie consent dark patterns by adapting to user choices. It recreates tactics like delayed rejection and false urgency to provide a direct experience of consent manipulation used on websites.

What it does

It presents small playable experiments that mimic real consent systems by subtly changing based on user behavior, illustrating dark patterns without explanation or tracking.

Who it's for

It targets web designers, developers, and anyone interested in understanding cookie consent mechanics through experiential simulation.

Why it matters

It reveals the confusing and uncomfortable nature of consent dark patterns by letting users experience them firsthand rather than through abstract descriptions.