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BrainBurner  ·  4294 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Men Who Spy On Women Through Their Webcams - Ars Technica

I'm feeling rather paranoid after reading this article.





user-inactivated  ·  4294 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you run Windows, keep your AV software up-to-date and you should be fine. If not, you probably don't have to worry, although OsX will start getting these things too sooner or later. These guys are script kiddies taking advantage of people taking no precautions at all. That isn't to say that the infected people deserve any blame, just that you don't have to do much work to protect yourself.

BrainBurner  ·  4293 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good to hear, I have a MacBook. I've never seen the camera light go on so I figured I was good but you never know.

_refugee_  ·  4293 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The article says that they get people infected with P2P download sites, etc. You guys might think it crazy but I've never actually used one...and I'm still paranoid. I taped something over my camera yesterday. :)

monevo  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·  

you can just disable the webcam in control panel, the light turns on as well supposedly, but im not sure if thats something that is modifiable