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Ask HN: Would it be possible for the NSA to watch through our phone cameras?
- astrange 13y agoYes, they could call you on Skype. Close to your question: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/fbi-denied-permission-to-spy-on-hacker-through-his-webcam/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/fbi-denied-permis... Maybe you should worry about these first: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/02/school-under-fire-for-spying-on-kid-via-webcam-at-home/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/02/school-under-fire... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet-the-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet... After all, ordinary hackers don't need search warrants.
- pasbesoin 13y agoOne reason to keep an eye on your idle/use times. They can probably make the "bandwidth" consumed "disappear", but as far as I know they don't yet have a way to replace the energy consumed. ---- P.S. Of course, depending upon your system, they might make it falsely report a crappy connection as an explanation for a drop in these values. Down a rabbit hole... ;-)