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Someone just bought your smart home. Did they get your data, too?

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It’s move-in day, and you finally have the papers and the keys for your new home. But do you have the passwords?

That’s one of the questions homebuyers and renters should be asking themselves now that connected devices like locks, lights and thermostats are growing more common, according to the Online Trust Alliance. The industry group joined up with the U.S. National Association of Realtors to compile a checklist for anyone moving in or out of a connected home.

Built-in Internet of Things gear can make a new residence like a gadget you’d buy from an electronics store, with the added complication that someone else configured and used it before you did. Access to connected-home devices can mean a view into intimate information about how someone lives, or how they lived before they moved out: Door locks and thermostats might record when you’re home, lights note what rooms you spend your time in, and security cameras keep an eye on you.

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Bitcoin company bought Buttcoin.org site just to delete critical reviews

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Bitcoin company Butterfly Labs was recently accused of buying the site Buttcoin.org with the intention of improving its reputation on search engines. Now, Buttcoin’s previous owner is making sure the opposite happens to Butterfly Labs.

In a recent interview with TechCrunch, a man named Evan, who declined to provide his last name out of concern for the legal implications of the sale of his site, said that shortly after selling the site, previously critical articles about Bitcoin company Butterfly Labs had been altered.

TechCrunch provided a few examples. One Buttcoin article that criticized Butterfly Labs’ hardware and often appeared in results for the search term “butterfly labs scam” now features an entirely new headline – “The $ 22,484 Butterfly Labs Mini Rig bitcoin miner is a sexy bitcoin mining machine” (the previous headline called it a “huge, broken, unstable piece of s—t”). Another, apparently lazier example of altering content involves a headline changed from “Butterfly Labs demo is literally just hot air” to “Butterfly Labs demo is hot.”

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Network World Colin Neagle

The Untested Mobile Security System Defense Just Bought Isn’t Functioning at … – Nextgov

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The Untested Mobile Security System Defense Just Bought Isn't Functioning at …
Nextgov
Technology the Pentagon acquired, without testing, to protect email and Web browsing on military-issued consumer smartphones is not working at the Agriculture Department, according to USDA officials. In late June, the Defense Department signed a $ 16 …

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I bought a laptop and it came with one month free internet security,I there renewal cost of $69.99?

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It is too expensive. It is called macafee. I am happy with it but it costs too much for renewal. Can I buy Macafee online for less or is there a better and cheaper internet security?