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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Companies Snooping on You Through the Camera on Your Computer - Aaron's Rentals Caught spying on Customer- Aaron's Rental installed secret software on laptops that let them track keystrokes, sceenshots and webcam images of customers

Aaron’s stores spying on users that rent computers?By Shane McGlaun 

Aaron's Rental store spying on customers thru computers- taking photos by toolstarr
There is a lawsuit claiming Aarons Rental spied on a couple through their computer. A manager even came to their house with a photo taken with the computers webcam.

Why would a rental company need to spy on it's customers? Especially with video and images. That is just creepy. Reminds me of a while back when that school was accused of doing the same thing on laptops it lent the students. Click here

PC rental store sued for alleged Webcam spying  by Chris Matyszczyk .
When you rent out your house, it's always tempting to visit your renters to check that they are happy--and to see that the walls are still in place.

So if you were a PC rental store, would you think to check up on your renters occasionally? Perhaps with those frightfully innovative Webcams? click here

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