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FTC Settles Spying Case Against Rent-to-Own Retailer

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On October 22, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Aaron’s, Inc. Aaron’s is a national “rent-to-own” retailer that allows consumers to rent, with an option to purchase, consumer goods including electronics. The settlement is open for public comment until November 21, 2013.

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Council of the European Union Releases Draft Compromise Text on the Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation

Hunton Privacy

On May 31, 2013, the Council of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs released a draft compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”). Currently, the Presidency is held by Ireland, with Lithuania taking over on July 1 for the second half of 2013.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. It's just another node to when those sensors or those physical devices can connect to get computing instructions to deliver data, to give people a sense of power control or to accept commands from outside.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. It's just another node to when those sensors or those physical devices can connect to get computing instructions to deliver data, to give people a sense of power control or to accept commands from outside.

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