Podcast: Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs

How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.

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#Landlords Demand Tenants’ #Workplace #Logins to #Scrape Their #Paystubs

Landlords are using a service that logs into a potential renter’s #employer systems and scrapes their paystubs and other information en masse, potentially in violation of U.S. #hacking laws, according to screenshots of the tool shared with 404 Media.
#privacy #security #payroll #tenants

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Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs

Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”

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