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I'd be interested in finding out how many people do this with the front facing camera on their phone. It seems to be a much lower percentage than those who do i

by everly 11y ago

I'd be interested in finding out how many people do this with the front facing camera on their phone. It seems to be a much lower percentage than those who do it with their laptop webcam (from what I've observed at least).

dsl 11y ago
You would find ioerror's cell phone project interesting: https://people.torproject.org/~ioerror/skunkworks/moto_e/ https://people.torproject.org/~ioerror/skunkworks/moto_e/
Kenji 11y ago
I recently did it with the front facing camera of my phone. The back facing camera always points into the table. I feel uncomfortable undressing myself with that 'eye' staring at me (crazy times we live in ;p). I mean, this is one of those security measures that cost you basically nothing (a sticker) and can save you a huge ache in the unlikely case that someone is actually recording - why not do it?
- Digit-Al 11y ago
  That seems a little silly to me. A laptop camera is normally facing into the room, but the camera on your phone will normally be facing upwards, so surely you have nothing to worry about unless you are standing naked over your phone. Actually, that's given me a great idea to secure my phone from hackers. Stand over it naked and waggle my sack about - that's one camera they'll never ever hack again lol
  - alanwatts 11y ago
    Every time you use your phone your camera is on your face. Facial microexpressions could be automatically detected and analyzed based on the content the user was viewing at the time. This information could provide a detailed emotional picture of the individual as it relates to different stimuli.
    - kuschku 11y ago
      Starbug (CCC hacker) recently found something even better. You can use the reflection in the eye as keylogger for, say, PIN entry dialogs.
      - alanwatts 11y ago
        If you've already got access to the camera, would it not in many cases be trivial to have access to the keyboard?
        kuschku 11y ago
        Not when apps implement their own keyboard, for example, PayPal.

by everly 11y ago

dsl 11y ago

You would find ioerror's cell phone project interesting: https://people.torproject.org/~ioerror/skunkworks/moto_e/ https://people.torproject.org/~ioerror/skunkworks/moto_e/

Kenji 11y ago

I recently did it with the front facing camera of my phone. The back facing camera always points into the table. I feel uncomfortable undressing myself with that 'eye' staring at me (crazy times we live in ;p). I mean, this is one of those security measures that cost you basically nothing (a sticker) and can save you a huge ache in the unlikely case that someone is actually recording - why not do it?

Digit-Al 11y ago
That seems a little silly to me. A laptop camera is normally facing into the room, but the camera on your phone will normally be facing upwards, so surely you have nothing to worry about unless you are standing naked over your phone. Actually, that's given me a great idea to secure my phone from hackers. Stand over it naked and waggle my sack about - that's one camera they'll never ever hack again lol
- alanwatts 11y ago
  Every time you use your phone your camera is on your face. Facial microexpressions could be automatically detected and analyzed based on the content the user was viewing at the time. This information could provide a detailed emotional picture of the individual as it relates to different stimuli.
  - kuschku 11y ago
    Starbug (CCC hacker) recently found something even better. You can use the reflection in the eye as keylogger for, say, PIN entry dialogs.
    - alanwatts 11y ago
      If you've already got access to the camera, would it not in many cases be trivial to have access to the keyboard?
      - kuschku 11y ago
        Not when apps implement their own keyboard, for example, PayPal.