No perv is going to go as far as to invest in enterprise level
surveilence software just to "peek."
And I gave a good answer. Sorry if my casual introduction ticked you
off.
Chance
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On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Jonas Lopez <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Chance Reecher <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Hidden Remote Webcam activation is it in Firmware, HD,
or PRAM?
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:42 PM
Dude, you're unbelievably paranoid.
It's not hidden in firmware, or in a special section of
the HD. It's in the OS, most likely hidden but in the
same area as the rest of the OS. Initialization would
destroy it. Besides, it's only going to be installed on the
computer if it was issued to you by someone with a reason to
remotely activate the webcam.
As is sometimes true with a public posting, too much info and it
does not get posted, too little and the reasons are not understood.
At the very least, this is not a discussion about "how much I like
my Mac" that was posted last week!!!!
I and some friends refurb Macs and give to poor. Now, what could
happen if some perv donated a box to us and we cleaned it up and
gave it to a family with young children or young adults who put it
in their bedrooms or wherever?
But we did not know that hidden in the various parts of the box was
a spy just ready to peek!
With the current level of hysteria and a good leak of some pictures
on Myspace as a joke, we would have unknowingly been put at risk and
exposed as a problem not a solution.
So, you see, I am not at all a young "Dude, you're unbelievably
paranoid"
or whatever kind of guy, just conducting an informal search for
answers to "what ifs" that we need to know, just in case.
I hope you now have a better understanding of my motives and by the
way, thanks for all the "good answers" posted.
jml
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