I have tape over the camera eye as we speak because I read about the risk of spying via the camera right here on Free Republic
I always have electronics on nearby when I bathe. What could go wrong.
I’ve had the cameras on my devices taped over since the high school story a couple of years ago. I’m just as paranoid as I was in high school but the world has caught up and made me reasonable, even prudent.
This is a byproduct of the OS and you must consider:
Anything used to “go out to the web” or “communicate across a network” can be used almost anytime the device is on.
This goes for phones, tablets, web-enabled TVs and of course, computers.
I would expect that, were operating system manufacturers under the same scrutiny as, say, the automotive industry, there would be manufacturer standards for compliance and safety on the operating systems just like there are safety standards for cars and trucks.
The unintended consequence of that, of course, would be $750 operating systems.
That’s terrible! The bums didn’t even leave their credit card numbers!
For parents concerned about this with the kids, a drop or two of clear nail polish or super glue on the kids’ webcam does wonders. Let it dry, and then test out the camera resolution - it’ll probably be blurry enough that you don’t have to worry even if the kids remove that tape (then tape it too, so the kids know you don’t want them using it).
Make sense.
This is what Eschelon and the NSA
and Obama-the-Undocumented purport is “transparency”.
I hope no one has ever done this to my computer. Then again, if they did and caught me naked, it would probably horrify them so much that they’d never “ratt” again.
I’d give her a “not guilty” but it looks like she has a big butt...so not sure.
Note to everyone taping over their webcam lenses....
Your microphones are still on.
What are the odds the camera would be pointing to her in the bathroom?
I’m skeptical.
Some people are just too stupid to own a computer.
Sharyl Attkisson was writing Fast and Furious stories in her bathtub?
