On 7/13/2014 8:00 AM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera
lens on my laptop, just in case.
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Well, I guess it depends on where you use your laptop - I don't usually
take mine into the bedroom or the bathroom, so I don't need any black
tape on my laptop camera lens - I just close the lid when I'm done with
Skype. That way, I don't have to get out the Goo Gone and clean the lens
every time I want to join a video conference.
The fact is, we don't really know what's inside our laptop computers,
either built into the hardware or the software. But that pales in
comparison to what's being stored about you in the data center. Have you
run an electronic device sweep through your house lately - it's probably
bugged somewhere.
So, I wouldn't be surprised if your iPhone has a little chip in it that
tells Apple almost everything you say, even when your phone is turned
off. Since you probably take the phone with you everywhere, they've
probably recorded every bedside chat you've had for the past five years.
Go figure.
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---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote :
Re "What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?":
Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass
contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The
thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public
spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the
only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I
understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your
laptop camera without your knowledge.
---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote :
What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?
"For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions
going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people
considered terrorist threats. "
'Reining In the Drones'
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
