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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:50
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:50
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On 2018-02-09, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: > On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 6:27:43 PM UTC-7, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> Remember when the thought of Orwell's telescreens was terrifying? >> Now that they've been deployed, people love them. Go figure. > > The cameras on laptops or monitors are only supposed to be on when you turn > them on. It is only different if hackers subvert the security of your > computer. > > Totalitarian regimes, like those in North Korea, are still terrifying. > > John Savard I had a utility that would turn on cameras on laptops in the area served by a router. Most disturbing. I got rid of it. (Linux) -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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