Should you put tape over your webcam?
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0.000 HBDShould you put tape over your webcam?
***Hello Steemers, We are really a tech geek now-a-days,buying new gadgets everyday,building up our own computer systems and paying a lot to make our internet life secure. Every single programmable electronic device is hackable whether it is connected to a network or not. And same thing is going with your laptop or computer's webcam. Hacking you through your webcam is easy,even you don't know that you are being hacked and some one has eyes on you.*** *A hacker told BBC ,that hacking a girl through her webcam will cost you around $1. That much cheap rate. The group of hackers already had gain access to nearly 500 laptop webcams.* **So what makes your webcam vulnerable? Flash,HTML5 and unwanted permission that you give to every website. There are also some bugs are identified in your webcam software drivers and the biggest thing is that hackers can remotely switch off your webcams led light.** So probably no way of getting-off from this hacking. But ,by putting ***A small duct tape*** on your webcam you can easily prevent yourself from such things. Even Mark Zuckerberg do so,now its your turn A piece of tape can save you a lot. http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5773f4fddd0895c4708b4858/a-security-expert-explains-why-you-should-put-tape-over-your-laptop-camera.jpg