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Article #620448Re: testing new computer new isp
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:56
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:56
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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes: >On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:32:41 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc 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. > >If I'd be paranoid, I'd blacklist the cam driver here in Linux. But I'm >not. Who wants to see an old dude sitting in front of the laptop anyway? Back in the 1990's, the SGI Indy systems shipped with the IndyCam, which one generally placed on top of the monitor pointed back at the user (for video conferencing). There was an Indy in the SGI library (now the Google Campus in Mountain View). Anyone could access the indy and turn on the Indycam. One of the coporate VP's was caught boffing an admin via the Indycam in the library :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_IndyCam
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