Posted on 08/13/2015 1:27:02 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Toronto woman Chelsea Clark recently got a creepy surprise from a stranger on Facebook after watching Netflix with her boyfriend, reports Good Housekeeping.
The message contained pictures from her boyfriend’s laptop webcam of the pair in bed watching the streaming service together. There was only a short message from the hacker, using the name, “Mahmoud Abdo.”
The pair had no idea at the time they were being watched:
“We obviously had no idea it was taking place in the moment, but retroactively it was like a really, really deeply creepy feeling,” the 27-year-old told Newstalk1010. “It was very unnerving. I mean it does feel like there’s someone just in your home with you.”
The Facebook message was even more creepy for Clark because her Facebook settings didn’t allow contact from strangers. The images in the message show how intimately the couple’s privacy was invaded:
Clark reported the incident to police, Yahoo! News Canada reports. The police seized the computer and are analyzing it for clues. The hacker’s Facebook account has been deleted and is believed to have been fake. It’s also thought that the hacker knows the couple because of the connection between her Facebook account and the images taken with her boyfriend’s hacked laptop.
As reported in November 2014, it is really easy to hack into web cameras. One suggestion is to cover the camera lens on your computer or other device and close the laptop or other covering so you cannot be spied on.
Another safety tip is to change the default web camera password for those and other IP camera devices such as nanny cams, baby monitors, and home security cameras to help reduce the risk of them being easily hacked.
I wonder if she has an ex-boyfriend?
>>Another safety tip is to change the default web camera password for those and other IP camera devices
IP cameras are very convenient to use. Avoid using them.
Does she own one of those TVs that connect to the internet? I wouldn’t have one, they’re creepy.
I put electrical tape over the camera lens of every digital device in the house.
For anyone who has a Windows notebook with camera and microphone, I strongly suggest you use Device Manager to disable the drivers for the camera and microphone. They can always be reenabled if you want to use these devices.
http://www.infowars.com/samsung-tvs-can-be-hacked-to-spy-on-viewers/
Don’t hook up that smart tv to the internet especially one with a camera in it.
In America, Television Watches You.
Same here.
I’m beginning to think everything watches us now.
Does she own one of those TVs that connect to the internet? I wouldn’t have one, they’re creepy.
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How is it any creepier than having internet access on a computer? Your tv is just another screen.
My smart tv has the netflix, hulu and amazon prime apps built in.
Very convenient.
A hacker will simply re-enable the drivers. Put tape over the camera lens.
Internet security is easy. Unless you are specifically engaged on the internet pull the cable or shut off the network card.
I have one computer I use for internet only and another where I keep my data which has no internet capability. It’s easy enough to port with a usb stick. Computers are cheap enough to have a couple.
I’ve never used the webcam on my laptop and pasted a band-aid across the lens for peace of mind.
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In Soviet Amerikka, Television Watches You.
Who’s watching me?
I don’t know anymore
Are the neighbors watching?
Who’s watching?
Well, it’s the mailman watching me, and I don’t feel safe anymore
Tell me who’s watching
Oh, what a mess I wonder who’s watching me now
(Who?) the IRS?
Or use a netgear usb wireless device and pull it out of the slot when you aren’t online. Problem solved.
I guess because the TV is in the family room and can “see” much more of the people and activities in the house.
Being a tech-challenged old fogey, I thought a computer wasn’t spying on you unless the webcam was pointed at you. Also, when the computer goes into sleep mode, could someone still be spying on you?
I was thinking of the TVs where you can talk to other people when gaming, etc. I don’t see how a Roku can spy.
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