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 Garuda.Chanti
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-11-16 16:22:39
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Read this article:

This Startup Built a Bot That Will Fight to Lower Your Comcast Bill
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Finally, technology tackling real problems.

At long last, a Silicon Valley startup has built something truly useful: a bot that will fight with Comcast reps for you.

Trim, a San Francisco startup whose service cancels recurring subscriptions you don’t want, has built a bot that logs into your Comcast account, and attempts to lower you monthly bill. The bot is programmed to converse via chat with Comcast customer service reps using a set of arguments and responses Trim has determined work often enough to successfully decrease a monthly bill or get you a one-time credit....
 Asura.Kingnobody
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2016-11-16 16:32:11
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That smells fishy.

Sure, the worst it can do is hack into your Comcast account (remember, you do have to give it your account information, including some personal information) but it could also be a username/password recording method of hacking into other things, like bank accounts.

Most people use the same password for everything, and the same username for most things if allowed. It wouldn't be inconceivable if the programmers of this bot would use it to hack into other personal information, and it would take a very long time to track this back to the source.

I'm always leery when it comes to actively handing out personal information, even if it seems harmless.
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By Ramyrez 2016-11-16 17:45:39
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Asura.Kingnobody said: »
I'm always leery when it comes to actively handing out personal information, even if it seems harmless.

Yeah. Chaos did it, and now look!

We don't know where he is!

Probably some shallow grave in Bosnia-Herzegovina!
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