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My first two thoughts: 1) Every laptop has a microphone built in that doesn't have an indicator light that you'd have to bypass to surreptitiously record audio
by macNchz 12y ago
My first two thoughts:
1) Every laptop has a microphone built in that doesn't have an indicator light that you'd have to bypass to surreptitiously record audio. I think that, as far as invasion of privacy/corporate espionage goes, this is scarier than the webcam (which in my case, if someone were to hack it, would be hours of me simply staring into the screen, as my laptop is usually closed when I'm not using it).
2) You should try charging more than $3. To me that's so cheap as to inspire some questions about its quality. At least $5, perhaps $10 would make it seem more legitimate.
- bellerocky 12y agoI use Shush on my mac to toggle the microphone. It may be possible to bypass it, but I doubt it would be. It's on the Mac App Store, by the same people who made Divvy.
- Volundr 12y agoIt's unfortunate people are down-voting you without explaining the problem with you comment. Basically, if the CIA/FBI/ABC has sufficient control of your computer that they can enable your mic/webcam remotely, they have more than enough control to do anything you yourself can do on your system (with software). That includes the ability to stop shush or simply toggle it. This is why people are talking about physically covering their web cams. What software can disable, software can enable, so this problem can't be solved by software. No about of FBI software can give your camera the ability to see through solid objects however.