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The All-Seeing Eye
Forbes.com ^ | June 14, 2013 | Michael S. Malone

Posted on 06/14/2013 8:12:57 AM PDT by giant sable

The other day, my college age son quietly went around the house and put electricians tape over the camera lenses on the displays of all our home computers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cameras; computersecurity; nsa; siliconvalley; surveillance
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1 posted on 06/14/2013 8:12:57 AM PDT by giant sable
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To: giant sable

I live in an area where there are some intel training schools and a grad school for espionage and ALL of them do that also.

Crazy?

Maybe, but since they are that way, well, you should be, too.

Tape square = “I AM NOT QUITE STUPID”.


2 posted on 06/14/2013 8:15:47 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: giant sable

When I got my first laptop at work with a camera, the first thing I did was put tape over the cmera. The external camera on my home computer is only plugged in when I’m using it.

Likewise with the microphone.


3 posted on 06/14/2013 8:16:16 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: giant sable
And all of the liberals are putting masking tape over the unused outlets in the house to keep the electricity from leaking out.

Anything to "Save the Planet!".

4 posted on 06/14/2013 8:18:50 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Redleg Duke
Gracie Allen cut the cord to the vacuumn cleaner and made it shorter for the same reason.

Ahhh .. Gracie ... we miss ya' dahlin'

You too, Gearge.

5 posted on 06/14/2013 8:20:59 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: gaijin

Black electrical tape works the best and won’t leave adhesive when removed. I’ve been doing this for years even with my iPhone and iPad. Electrical tape is cheap. Privacy is priceless.


6 posted on 06/14/2013 8:24:13 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: giant sable
If you don't cover the lens the choose what they see when your not there by placing a picture in front of the lens while your gone.


7 posted on 06/14/2013 8:26:52 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (A bad hair day is not a mental issue, or is it?)
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To: gaijin

>> Crazy? Maybe

At this point — subject to change — in spite of the hard evidence that has surfaced lately, it’s my belief that the concern over “big brother spying” is more paranoia than justified fear of a real danger.

Then again, as Intel’s Andrew Grove wrote: “Only The Paranoid Survive”. :-)


8 posted on 06/14/2013 8:27:40 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: ThomasThomas

Now there’s a picture of Michelle that I haven’t seen yet...


9 posted on 06/14/2013 8:28:54 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Now you owe me a keyboard and a monitor!


10 posted on 06/14/2013 8:36:12 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: giant sable
For those who like to read, here's a preview of "The Eye of Moloch".

11 posted on 06/14/2013 8:39:12 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Redleg Duke

Sorry, Duke.

While we’re on the subject... is it just me, or has she lost a little weight? Above the waist, anyway...


12 posted on 06/14/2013 8:40:59 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Redleg Duke
"....putting masking tape over the unused outlets in the house...."

That's foolish - you need the right tool for the right job - that's why they make electrical tape....

13 posted on 06/14/2013 8:44:38 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: giant sable

“I am perpetual...I keep the country clean.”


14 posted on 06/14/2013 8:45:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: gaijin

Whoever can figure out a fool proof way for consumers to avoid these government abuses online, will become a billionaire.


15 posted on 06/14/2013 8:51:58 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: ThomasThomas
Totally looks like:

 photo FirstButts.jpg

16 posted on 06/14/2013 8:53:24 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: ThomasThomas

I do the same thing except I use a picture from a medical book of a herpes infected penis..
The NSA called and told me to see a doctor...


17 posted on 06/14/2013 8:58:12 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: penelopesire
Whoever can figure out a fool proof way for consumers to avoid these government abuses online, will become a billionaire.

That company will then be subverted and provide backdoor access to all their customers.

18 posted on 06/14/2013 8:58:31 AM PDT by Dan Cooper
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To: Dan Cooper

Probably....corruption rules when God does not.


19 posted on 06/14/2013 9:02:45 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: Psalm 73

I recommend all liberals stick forks in their outlets to save energy


20 posted on 06/14/2013 9:05:45 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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