Using technology to spy

Rogue Summary courtesy of Scientific American -

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pogue-a-short-history-of-unsavory-tech-snooping

April 1998: Microsoft orchestrates a phony grassroots campaign.
October 2005: Sony is caught planting a "virus" on its music CDs.
January 2010: Barnes & Noble understates the weight of its Nook tablet.
April 2011: Apple devices are logging users' locations.
May 2012: Google's Street View downloads citizens' private data.

And of course the big one -

June 2013: We learn that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on us.