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January 19, 2020

Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills security service | Ars Technica

Charter's product shutdown highlights lack of interoperability in alarm systems.

Hacker leaks passwords for more than 500,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices | ZDNet

The list was shared by the operator of a DDoS booter service.

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It - The New York Times

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

Booker beware: Airbnb can scan your online life to see if you’re a suitable guest | London Evening Standard

Airbnb has developed technology that looks at guests’ online “personalities” when they book a break to calculate the risk of them trashing a host’s home. Details have emerged of its “trait analyser” software built to scour the web to assess users’ “trustworthiness and compatibility” as well as their “behavioural and personality traits” in a bid to forecast suitability to rent a property.