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• Did hackers buy Roku devices — using your credit card?

  Posted on April 29, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.18 • 2024-04-29

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  In a pair of serious security breaches in the past two months, hackers tried username-password combinations found on the Dark Web. They attempted to log on to more than half a million accounts at Roku.

  Hundreds of users who had unwisely stored their full credit-card numbers with Roku were exploited by the hackers. The victims’ credit-card numbers on file enabled the perps to buy anything in the Roku store.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.18.0, 2024-04-29).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Public Defender Newsletters, Privacy, Roku, Security

• Entertainment in the media-streaming era

  Posted on May 27, 2019 at 04:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  By Susan Bradley

  Thinking about “cutting the cord”? While temporarily displaced from home, I learned that dropping cable and relying on the Internet isn’t easy.

  Watching your favorite shows can mean coping with different platforms, sorting through confusing connectivity options, and working out the restrictions imposed by each streaming service.

  Read the full story in the May 27, 2019, AskWoody Plus Newsletter (Issue 16.19.0)

  Digital Entertainment, Wi-Fi Comcast, hotspots, Hulu, Roku, streaming media