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There’s an App for That

The Balboa Water Group in Great Britain helped create the latest in automated online apps: a control for your hot tub. That way owners could control their hot tub’s temperature, pumps, and lights using a smart phone or computer. And, according to researchers, so can hackers. The researchers found publicly available information online that allows hackers to also control the customers’ equipment, since it has no security measures in place. According to BWG, the app has been available for five years and there haven’t been any user reported problems, but they are working on adding security for owners that will be out by the end of February. (MS/BBC) ...Giving just enough time for some Valentine “surprises.”