Last year, the press received pictures of Mark Zuckerberg's desktop. The big news was the cover on his laptop's camera - yes, you need one too. And it’s urgent. Unless, of course, you want to share the details of your intimate life with the whole world.
More recently, such actions could only cause laughter in the company of friends. Say, who needs data from laptops of ordinary people - and is there such a technology at all! But such thoughts arise only from technical illiteracy. Back in 2013, a group of hackers showed how you can hack a Macbook camera completely invisible to the user.
Moreover, the danger threatens not only those who like to surf the net, but also those who forked out for smart TVs. A young couple from Connecticut, USA, complained to authorities that their intimate video was leaked. It turned out that now cybercriminals are able to hack any device connected to the Internet and receive data directly from it.
US Director of National Intelligence, James Klapper, Confirms IoT Development Will Be a Tremendous Help for Cyber-hugs of All Stripes
Smart speakers (Echo from Amazon, or Google Home) collect all data about a user. And where is the confidentiality guarantee? It just doesn't exist. Take a piece of scotch tape and tape your camera right now. Don't risk it.
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