Nobody would believe the number of cameras that are everywhere. Big Brother Lives but do not worry it’s all legal or so they tell us
You have malware.
Who else has access to your computer?
This seems more like a prank than anything else.
I suspect you just experienced an instance of pop up scareware intended to frighten you into buying some means to mitigate what they were scaring you about. Your camera was not really turned on. If they could do that, they would show you yourself on the screen.
Free fix a five year old could do:
Opaque tape over the camera.
I’m a bit fancier; since I want to use it now and then, I have a flippy cover I worked up with tape, a 3x5 card and scissors.
Or you could just panic. Your call.
Your spouse or neighbor kids installed it to get you all paranoid. Run a virus scan...some malware will pop up. Don’t worry...the secret Chinese monitoring system is fully loaded and still in the background.
Put black electrical tape, a small piece, over every camera on every laptop and every cell phone. I did on all mine except one phone and that one died a couple months ago (monthly fee I can’t pull off right now).
But, I wear a tinfoil hat, too.
I cover the mics, too, on the laptops. Ya never know if some hacker might could get to it. I once clicked on a PayPal-looking link. Thank the heavens for Kaspersky - it stopped me knowing it was blacklisted. Oops.
If I want to talk to the computer, I’ll say “Hello computer!” and then invent transparent aluminum.
Got multi-year Kaspersky years ago.
Silly stuff.
I put black tape over the cameras and the microphones. Why do I do that? Because I saw a picture of Mark Zuckerberg who did the same thing on his laptop. I figure if he of all people knows he can’t keep his machine safe then nobody can.
Weird, certain the Census had nothing to do with it.
If it’s a postit note, the dog probably did it.
Several people have mentioned putting tape over the camera, which is good, but how can one block the mike? I don’t think that merely covering it over with foam would work, and turning it off in the device manager won’t deter a hacker. So, any ideas on disabling a built in mike? I’m thinking a tiny white noise generator to place over the mike. Hmm.
Alexa only listens after you say Alexa...
Two words - electrical tape. Or black duct tape.
Everybody I know just puts a piece of tape over the camera.
Black electrician’s tape is your friend. Put it over the camera lens. It is low tech, cheap, and 100% guaranteed effective.
You have to wonder, why don’t computer manufactures offer a built-in sliding shutter to disable the camera?
Not to worry, I just checked the main website for this and see that your camera is still working. BTW nice pj’s you have.
It’s part of the “Green Nude Deal.”