{"id":8827,"date":"2014-12-21T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8827"},"modified":"2014-12-21T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:05:57","slug":"who-is-watching-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/who-is-watching-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is watching you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6508\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/spy-vs-spy-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"spy-vs-spy\" width=\"225\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/spy-vs-spy-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/spy-vs-spy.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Your Web Cam &#8211; Someone&#8217;s Eyeballs On You? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that software exists that can turn on your web cam without your knowledge or consent&#8230;and it can do so without the web cam light illuminated? In other words your web cam may be turned on and you would not know it.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true of the built-in microphone (generally laptops).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a low-tech solution for web cam hacks, courtesy of PC World and the NSA.<\/p>\n<h2>Tape over the webcam<\/h2>\n<p>Integrated webcams are great for video chats, but they\u2019re also excellent tools for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2013\/08\/15\/miss-teen-usa-2013-says-sextortionist-hacked-webcam-to-snap-bedroom-photos\/\">hackers to spy on users<\/a>. And you would never know that you were being watched: Although the webcam indicator light is supposed to switch on when the camera activates, hackers have found ways to disable the light in certain laptop models.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NSA, a simple, low-tech solution is to tape over your webcam\u2014with black tape, naturally. If you\u2019re worried that the sticky residue might damage the webcam, use tape to secure a small piece of paper over the lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Web Cam &#8211; Someone&#8217;s Eyeballs On You? Did you know that software exists that can turn on your web cam without your knowledge or consent&#8230;and it can do so without the web cam light illuminated? In other words your web cam may be turned on and you would not know it. The same is true of the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/who-is-watching-you\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8829,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8827\/revisions\/8829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}