<p>+-------------------------------<br /> |   Court Allows Webcam Spying On Rental Laptops<br /> |   from the renter-beware   dept.<br /> |   posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 20, @05:13 (Privacy)<br /> |     with 230 comments<br /> | <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/20/0311238/Court-Allows-Webcam-Spying-On-Rental-Laptops?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/20/0311238/Court-Allows-Webcam-Spying-On-Rental-Laptops?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br /> +----------------------------<br /> <br /> [0]tekgoblin   writes "Back in May there was a class action lawsuit filed<br /> against the rental   company Aaron's, which had [1]secretly installed<br /> spying software that would   turn on a laptop's webcam, take pictures and<br /> then send them back to the   company. Overall it seemed like a large<br /> invasion of privacy, which should at   least warrant an injunction to stop<br /> use of the software until the case is   settled, right? Not to the judge,<br /> who [2]refused to order an injunction on   the grounds that the family was<br /> no longer in possession of the laptop. As for   everyone else still using<br /> their Aaron's laptops, the judge [3]had this to say   to them (PDF):<br /> 'Moreover, it is purely conjecture that the other members of   the putative<br /> class will be subjected to remote access of personal   information.'"<br /> <br /> Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/20/0311238/Court-Allows-Webcam-Spying-On-Rental-Laptops?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/20/0311238/Court-Allows-Webcam-Spying-On-Rental-Laptops?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /> <br /> Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin">http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://slashdot.org/story/11/05/04/0111229/Aaron-Computer-Rental-Firm-Spies-On-Users">http://slashdot.org/story/11/05/04/0111229/Aaron-Computer-Rental-Firm-Spies-On-Users</a><br /> 2. <a href="http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/19/court-refuses-to-stop-secret-web-spycams-from-running-on-rental-laptops/">http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/19/court-refuses-to-stop-secret-web-spycams-from-running-on-rental-laptops/</a><br /> 3. <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0Bymxq92Dj73DYjg1NDJjMjItNTZlNi00MjcyLWExNzAtNDQyYmU4MzQ5NDBk&amp;hl=en_US">https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0Bymxq92Dj73DYjg1NDJjMjItNTZlNi00MjcyLWExNzAtNDQyYmU4MzQ5NDBk&amp;hl=en_US</a><br /> <br /></p>