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You know those people who put tape over their laptop's webcam to keep digital peeping toms at bay? They're not crazy.
Via Gust MEES, Stéphane Koch
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Via Gust MEES, Stéphane Koch
Fortunately, getting a solid layer of protection against such exploits moving forward is pretty straightforward. For one, you can tape up that webcam — it’s a bit tinfoil hat, sure, but it’s better than having a photo of your bad bits blasted out to the Internet on some shady-ass Tumblr. Second, consider using Firefox* with something like NoScript, disabling it only for trusted sites.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Webcam
FYI - you can be seen - how do you look?