Webcams and your Privacy…
Cybercrime expert Gregory Evans explains the potential risks hackers can pose to webcams on your system and how to ensure your safety and privacy online.
This issue is a problem as in the case against a Pennsylvania school district that turned on the webcam of various student’s school-issued laptops while the computers and captured images of “inappropriate activity” in the student’s home.
The school then confronted the student and it was discovered the webcams in all 2,300 laptops given to students could be turned on remotely by the IT guys. In addition, the recent tragic event of of the Rutgers University student who comitted suicide due to his roommate capturing personal events and posting them on the web. The Twitter posting on Sept. 19 stated, “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.”
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