Being connected
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:58 am
Mark Zuckerbeg masks Mac webcam and microphone - BBC News
So did I, the week I put my iMac onto my desk. One sticky-felt pad over each since I don't have Mr Zuckerberg's resources to make an entire screen surround like his.
People have domestic connections which can be accessed from anywhere in the world, and they leed to cameras and microphones on landline phones, on smartphones, on tablets, on computers, all of which can be turned on and off without lighting up lights or making any indication they're live. They're constructed that way, the only thing that turns on the warning lights (such as they are) is the default programs people use. The reason people assume they're not connected to outsiders is sheer laziness, because outsiders certainly aren't using the default programs. Thick felt padding and leave the phone on the hall table when you arrive home, that's the answer.
It would be paranoia were it not so simple to eavesdrop with these things. Given how simple it is to eavesdrop with these things, it's not. It's common sense.
So did I, the week I put my iMac onto my desk. One sticky-felt pad over each since I don't have Mr Zuckerberg's resources to make an entire screen surround like his.
People have domestic connections which can be accessed from anywhere in the world, and they leed to cameras and microphones on landline phones, on smartphones, on tablets, on computers, all of which can be turned on and off without lighting up lights or making any indication they're live. They're constructed that way, the only thing that turns on the warning lights (such as they are) is the default programs people use. The reason people assume they're not connected to outsiders is sheer laziness, because outsiders certainly aren't using the default programs. Thick felt padding and leave the phone on the hall table when you arrive home, that's the answer.
It would be paranoia were it not so simple to eavesdrop with these things. Given how simple it is to eavesdrop with these things, it's not. It's common sense.
