That is why it is necessary to close the camera on the laptop. I did not know about this danger!
Be careful, for you can watch via webcam! Even the director of the FBI acknowledges that adheres the protective tape on her laptop.
In recent decades, manufacturers of electronic products have tried to improve its products and inserted all the better camera technology, which we use almost every day.
Today, however, it can be seen that the market is full of various labels and plastic covers, which are designed to cover the front camera on different devices: phones, laptops and even TVs. What was the reason for the appearance of such products?
For many years in the field of computer security researchers warned that hackers and intruders can obtain an image with a camera without the user's knowledge, and remotely monitor the people. But laptops, tablets, phones, or "see" TV significant part of your personal life!
Not long ago, FBI Director James Comey made a sensational confession: "I stuck to the camera with a special film because I saw how it was done by those who are smarter and more experienced than me."
That's why companies producing covers and stickers for web cameras, called the production "a bestseller on the market today."
Those who know better than anyone that the Internet is always watching you, have long been used to close the camera. This is the first rule of safety, if you do not want your personal life became the property of Internet users.
Eva Galperin, an analyst with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told reporters that always covers the camera on my laptop since the time when it bought its first MacBook Pro in 2007.
Electronic Frontier Foundation began to print their labels for webcams in 2013. They sell and distribute stickers for the camera, which states the following:
"These removable stickers - anti-surveillance technology, which is impossible to crack."
A spokesman for the organization said that people are constantly buying such devices.
Fear of web-cameras have long penetrated into modern society. For example, in the trailer of a new biopic about the employee of the CIA 'Snowden' protagonist glances nervously at his laptop camera at the time of the intimate scenes with his girlfriend.
Why is everyone so afraid of cameras, and is there a real reason to do so?
It turns out that this is not paranoia, and not science fiction. Back in 2013 a group of researchers have shown how you can easily activate the camera Macbook transparent to the user, without the inclusion of green light.
A couple of America said that the hacker posted on the network of their home video of an intimate nature, which he received after breaking a smart TV. It is already known that the FBI and other intelligence agencies, too, are well aware of how to use a laptop camera to follow the user!
Many have already earned a lot of money on this!
CamPatch company describes itself as the most successful company among manufacturers of protective tapes for webcams. CamPatch was created in 2013 after the founders have watched presentations by experts in the field of cybersecurity Pentagon. It said that the webcam - a new "attack vector."
CamPatch Management does not disclose all financial information, but they said that the company received a "six-figure income over the past few years," sold more than 250,000 labels. And it's a given that the company sells its products at an affordable price (at $ 2.79).
Do not use protective tapes only careless people and those who are not yet aware of the danger!
With the development of modern services, there are more opportunities to spy on users!
Smart speaker from Echo of Amazon.com, who knows how to listen to the commands of their owners, was a great success immediately after the release. Google is also going to release a similar product called Google Home.
In February this year the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, acknowledged that the so-called "Internet of Things" can be used "for the identification, surveillance, monitoring, tracking, location and orientation for employment or to gain access to the network or user credentials ".
Do you already use a protective cover for the camera on their devices?