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Exactly. If someone can see through my webcam, I have more to worry about than them seeing my room. I get the appeal of webcam covers; they’re a quick and simp
by colejohnson66 5y ago
Exactly. If someone can see through my webcam, I have more to worry about than them seeing my room.
I get the appeal of webcam covers; they’re a quick and simple alleviation to the idea of a “peeping Tom”, but if someone can see through your camera when you don’t want them to, they probably already have control of other things on the computer. They could install a keylogger and siphon my documents/photos for more blackmail material.
Maybe I’m just dense because it never happened to me (AFAIK), but am I wrong?
- batch12 5y agoWhy not defend against both scenarios?
- colejohnson66 5y agoI’m not saying we shouldn’t. I actually think manufacturers should go a step further and add physical kill switches to webcams. That would allow cutting off the audio as well. I’m just saying that a sticker seems to be a bandaid on a possibly bigger issue.
- ghaff 5y agoThere are very few physical switches and ports on most modern laptops. How many people out of the 99 who don't care are willing to pay for the physical (and not just "physical" as in triggers software) killing of audio and video for the one (if that) who cares? I know I'm not.
- jimhefferon 5y agoI am, for one.
- XorNot 5y ago"Someone" getting control of my webcam bothers me a lot less then "my workplace's invasive monitoring software (which can be deployed at any time in the future if its not there now) is collecting images of my home workplace. My webcam on my own computers, no real fear. When that same device is USB connected to a work supplied computer? Zero trust.