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If someone has unrestricted access to your PC webcam, they probably have unrestricted access to all of your PC. You already will be keylogged, and risk losing u
by andrewchambers 12y ago
If someone has unrestricted access to your PC webcam, they probably have unrestricted access to all of your PC. You already will be keylogged, and risk losing usernames and passwords.
This is already probably a lot worse than a few photos of yourself staring at a screen being leaked.
- yepnopemaybe 12y agoI would tend to agree with that, except that I imagine that in many corporate environments, important files are protected so that general access to native files would be a smaller concern. Is that right?
- mcintyre1994 12y agoYou could get access to a webcam without that access though, with malicious software. I've seen links to sites where you can access unknowing people's webcams and obviously law enforcement have this ability too. I guess it's apples and oranges really - it'd be much worse to have someone with unrestricted PC access, but if someone were physically where your webcam is you might be less likely to compromise yourself.
- hrrsn 12y agoI'm pretty sure the sites you're thinking of are open IP cameras, not behind firewalls rather than rooted machines. I know Flash has always required confirmation for webcam/microphone, whereas a local app doesn't need these permissions (excluding the possibility of a flash exploit).