Saturday, 25 January 2014

Cover your webcam

Cameras  are showing up more and more on different kinds of electronics we are using; smart TVs. computers, tablets, phones, etc. Most of these will be connected to the internet and there for will be venerable for hackers. Although common sense (don’t click on certain things) and antivirus suites help, it’s certainly not a guarantee that nobody will be able to access your webcam. Even LED indicator lights from webcams can be disabled by hackers. So one sure way to stop others from watching you using your camera’s is to tape it off.

Here are some links about this subject: From the Norton website:

The Washington post did a article about this. Which is also a warning for Apple users whom thing they are invaluable to viruses.

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