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February 21, 2010 11:33 pm at 11:33 pm #591268I can only tryMember
As the recent story of a Pennsylvania school that watched its students over laptop webcams illustrates, there is a downside to these ubiquitous cameras.
February 22, 2010 12:20 am at 12:20 am #805323oomisParticipantTo add to that caveat, kids especially should be aware that ANYTHING that they send into cyberspace is there FOREVER, and can show up on any of a number of sites that will potentially embarrass them. Never write or upload anything that you would not want seen by strangers, much less family and friends.
February 22, 2010 4:45 am at 4:45 am #805324hereorthereMemberIt can be more then embarrassing.
Someone (like a molester, for example) who wants G-d forbid to do someone harm, knows exactly who to look for, once their pictures are on the internet.
The camera can simply be turned toward a wall or corner or down toward the desk
(as long as everyone always remembers to leave it that way, when not in use).
September 2, 2011 12:32 pm at 12:32 pm #805325I can only tryMemberThere’s a story in today’s Daily News (Sept. 2, 2011) about a creep who set up fake songs for downloading and then was able to take over the computers of those who downloaded them.
He then was able to steal personal info, photos, and documents, as well as remotely watching people thru their webcams.
He would then contact those people and blackmail them.
The graphic details of the story are not appropriate for this site, but suffice it to say they are pretty bad and the perp is now going to prison for several years.
Please be careful which sites you go to, what you download, and it may not be a bad idea to treat your webcam as a window – leave it open when you want people to see in, and physically cover it (or unplug it, if possible) when you don’t.
September 2, 2011 2:02 pm at 2:02 pm #805326bombmaniacParticipanti sometimes use my webcams and mics to listen in on or watch whats going on at my home or office…love it.
September 2, 2011 2:52 pm at 2:52 pm #805327happiestMemberA plus about webcam… (well actually skype).
I missed a week of therapy recently for whatever reason and my therapist called me and said that we could do a skype session. It didn’t end up working out but I thought it was pretty cool that she had even thought of it.
September 2, 2011 3:32 pm at 3:32 pm #805328TheGoqParticipantI have nothing to hide if they want to see me sitting in my shmattas so be it , i will not be striking an Anthony Weiner pose.
September 2, 2011 3:47 pm at 3:47 pm #805329mikehall12382MemberThe Goq…very funny
September 2, 2011 4:06 pm at 4:06 pm #805330TheGoqParticipantty mike
September 2, 2011 6:08 pm at 6:08 pm #805331I can only tryMemberThe Goq–
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September 2, 2011 6:59 pm at 6:59 pm #805332TheGoqParticipantICOT the check is in the mail lol.
September 2, 2011 7:15 pm at 7:15 pm #805333I can only tryMemberThe Goq-
Thank you! ?
Tizku lemitzvos.
September 4, 2011 3:10 am at 3:10 am #805334squeakParticipantI’m not usually a paranoid person, but isn’t the little diode next to the web cam supposed to indicate if it’s on or off? Specifically, is there any chance that a hacker could have turned on the webcam but not triggered the light to go on? I thought that the purpose of the light was to protect people from this.
September 4, 2011 4:33 am at 4:33 am #805335I can only tryMembersqueak-
(A couple of decades ago, when I potchked with old MS-Basic, I remember there was a way to turn the caps-lock on and off without the indicator light being lit.)
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