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FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Cl0ud - 12-07-2013
Quote:Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer's camera "without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording" for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in?
Marcus Thomas, the former assistant director of the FBI's Operational Technology Division, told the Post that that sort of creepy spy laptop recording is "mainly" used in terrorism cases or the "most serious" of criminal investigations. That doesn't really make it less crazy (or any better) since the very idea of the FBI being able to watch you through your computer is absolutely disturbing.
The whole Post piece about the FBI's search for a bomb threat suspect is worth reading. It shows how far the FBI will go with its use of malware to spy on people and reveals the occasional brain dead mistakes the FBI makes to screw themselves over (like a typo of an e-mail address that the FBI wanted to keep tabs on). Good to know these completely competent folks are watching over us by any means necessary. [Washington Post]
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RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Ash - 12-07-2013
Wow mayn they must have seen me murder Cl0ud minutes ago.
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Exiled - 12-07-2013
This's actually cool, I work for the FBI.
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Feat - 12-08-2013
And this is when I get a permanent camera cover.
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Cl0ud - 12-08-2013
(12-07-2013, 04:51 PM)Ash Wrote: Wow mayn they must have seen me murder Cl0ud minutes ago.
This is my ghost. xD
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Deppy - 12-08-2013
I have my laptop camera disabled, and when it's enabled I get a email
I've been ratted once, so this is why I have this. But thanks for the share man!
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Feat - 12-08-2013
(12-08-2013, 03:22 PM)Deppy Wrote: I have my laptop camera disabled, and when it's enabled I get a email
I've been ratted once, so this is why I have this. But thanks for the share man!
This is the FBI, not some skid in his mothers basement. They could easily turn on your camera without having it pop up as enabled.
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Deppy - 12-08-2013
Good point, surely this is a invasion of personal privacy? Right?
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - WackMyBeaver - 12-08-2013
I'm sure they do not care about our privacy as they are just trying to ruin our country.
RE: FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light - Agape - 12-09-2013
This is why you buy desktops over laptops I guess.