Is covering the laptop camera enough to protect you?

 

Cameras are indispensable things that have become one of the things that the largest smartphone companies compete to produce. Everyone now owns either an Android phone, an iPhone, or a laptop. All things contain cameras, but these cameras have different capabilities. Some of them can shoot accurately. 4k to what is less, but the main purpose remains one, which is to take pictures, record videos, and make video calls, but the problem is that this camera can be a source of inconvenience to you if you hack a device and take pictures of you without your knowledge and spy on you, is the camera coverage sufficient to protect you in that case. ....??

 

Certainly, everyone knows that some pieces are on the market that is used to cover your laptop camera or your phone camera, but unfortunately, these pieces are not used by everyone, but a very small category is what uses these pieces, while many users cover the camera by some traditional methods such as tape Adhesive, wound dressings, or something stickable that covers the camera, but all of these methods, unfortunately, lead to damage or scratches in the camera, which must always be free of them to get a completely pure image, and these methods are impractical, especially if you need to operate the camera Every once in a while.

 

Therefore, the answer to the question at the beginning of the topic will certainly be covering the laptop camera is not enough to protect you because you may forget to re-cover the camera every time after use without forgetting the scratches that will occur to the camera due to the adhesive tape that is removed and installed after each use, so sometimes Some users resort to disabling the laptop camera, but this solution is considered the best if you know how you can do it, but you need to activate the camera every time you need it.

 

But there is certainly a better and faster solution, which is to monitor programs and applications that can access your camera without your knowledge. Using the program Who Stalks My Cam, which you will find contains only two tabs, the first is Web Cam Events, through which you will be able to identify the programs that tried to access your device's camera and which you can stop directly.

 

The second tab, which is very important, is Settings, through which you must agree that the program will display notifications to you if one of the programs tries to access your camera to show you a notification like the one in the picture above in the subject. You can also choose between two actions that the program will do Automatically if a program tries to access your camera, which is that the program locks the camera directly or terminates this program from running. Many settings will help you customize this program to control the camera of your device.

 

If you still think it's not worth all that attention, I'll simply tell you two examples. The first is that there is a very famous hacker who could find out your password and your bank accounts while typing it just by looking into your eyes through one of the cameras. The second example is that there are some people using webcams. Their devices as a surveillance cameras during their absence, so you know that that small piece can be used to harm you or to benefit you, so you must be among those who take advantage of that piece in their interest.

 

Reasons to do so

 

Spying is more common than you think

 

The next time someone discovers your camcorder and accuses you of being paranoid, you can let them know that hacking is more common than you think. You don't have to be a celebrity or a politician to fall victim to it, either. Once hackers have clicked into your computer via relatively easy-to-use Remote Administration Tools (RATS), you can kiss your privacy goodbye without even realizing that you're doing it. All the hacker has to do is send an email with a link to a website, photo, or video, and the user is tricked into downloading a small piece of malware to their computer. A Toronto laptop disc was hacked in 2015 when she was watching Netflix. Recently, WikiLeaks headlines reported that the US Central Intelligence Agency hacked into smartphones, laptops, and SMART TVs to spy on people from all over the world.

 

You don't want to end up on the black market

 

In addition to the complete invasion of your privacy and the possibility of extortion, there is a good chance that your photos will end up on the black market of the hacker world. According to Engadget, there is a burgeoning market for illegally obtained videos and photos of unknown women. In 2013, the BBC reported that the going rate for accessing a webcam for a woman was $1 per girl and that going to a man was $1 per hundred. For some hackers, this is a quick and easy way to make some money at your expense, increasing the number of your spies in the process. The investigation uncovered a myriad of websites where hackers share photos and videos of their victims. This bustling black market facilitates this sick world of unknown webcam sex slaves - you don't want to be a part of it.

 

You can avoid being blackmailed

 

In addition to going down their creepy way by seeing pictures of you through your webcam, hackers often have another agenda: to make money from you when you're weak. Alternatively, they may blackmail you for more aggressive or obscene photos or videos. For example, Miljangos would "export" victims by calling them and threatening to make nude photos and videos public unless the women volunteered more. But this extreme case is not unique. Beauty queen Cassidy Wolfe sent a series of photos of her in various stages of undressing as she was being changed by a classmate, who demanded everything from high-quality videos to a five-minute sex show on Skype, or he would make the photos public, Her beauty compromised the success of the contest. When you feel vulnerable, vulnerable, and hopeless, it is easier for hackers to take advantage of you via extortion.

 

Do you remember Snowden?

 

Out of our curiosity about the whole situation and the allure of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, many of us have seen Snowden's biography now. Of course, the film reveals illegal surveillance techniques leaked to the public by Edward Snowden, one of the agency's employees. While the film tackles a subject that is sometimes difficult to digest, it has been praised for its realistic depiction of technology and hacker culture. She succeeded in making the topic accessible to a large audience. One scene in the film shows Gordon-Levitt nervously looking at his laptop camera while engaging in an intimate moment with his girlfriend. Pop culture - especially when it comes to a movie based on real (horrifying) revelations - has a unique way of affecting us both consciously and subconsciously.

 

Conclusion

In the end, I want to say that the world of the Internet, as it is useful and greatly facilitates life for us, as it contains hidden things that bother us as users, including spying and piracy, so it is not enough to cover your camera, the subject much deeper than this.