Hopefully some of this turns out to be illegal: The software, known as Detective Mode, didn’t just secretly turn on webcams. It “can log the keystrokes

Hopefully some of this turns out to be illegal: The software, known as Detective Mode, didn’t just secretly turn on webcams. It “can log the keystrokes of the computer user, take screen shots of the computer user’s activities on the computer, and photograph anyone within view of the computer’s webcam. Detective Mode secretly gathers this information and transmits it to DesignerWare, who then transmits it to the rent-to-own store from which the computer was rented, unbeknownst to the individual using the computer,” according to the complaint. and The software installed on the laptops also enables the companies to automatically disable computers of renters behind on monthly payments and to secretly track the computers’ whereabouts. and the rental stores would force a fake popup for software registration on computers they rented. The window would not go away, the FTC said, until the computer user typed their contact information, including address, phone number and e-mail. The rent-to-own store would use that information “to try to collect money” from renters in arrears, the FTC said.