What do you think you’re doing, Dave?

Posted by Ken

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Remember HAL? The artificially intelligent computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey? That glowing red camera eye was ever watchful of the space station’s occupants. Spooky.

While artificial intelligence may not be something to consider (yet), if you have a web-cam installed, it could be turned into something watching you when you’re not expecting it to.

Last January there was an incident where a hacker created a trojan horse to snoop around a user’s computer undetected looking for files AND using the web-cam to spy on users. It could even control a microphone, if connected, to record conversations.

What does this mean to you? Well, to be safe, it’s a good idea to disconnect devices like microphones and web-cams from your computer while not in use.

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