HOW SPYWARE ON RENTAL PCs CAPTURED USERS’ MOST INTIMATE MOMMENTS: As its name suggests, PC Rental Agent was designed to streamline the administration of computers offered by rent-to-own stores, which sell or rent furniture, appliances, and other merchandise to consumers, often in exchange for weekly payments until they are paid off. By default, the program includes functionality that allows store employees to wipe PC hard drives at the press of a key. The feature is used to permanently remove confidential data left by one customer before the machine is given to a new customer. PC Rental Agent also includes a “kill switch”…
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