[Year 12 IT Apps] U4O2 - nasty tricks by rent-to-buy laptop sellers in USA

[Mark KELLY]

I thought the privacy breaches in my U4O2 were a bit exaggerated... but
they're nothing compared to what the companies in the good ol' US of A can
manage.

This will startle you...

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/laptop-rental-spyware-scandal/


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