Does anybody know if that's true?
I bet the NSA can do that very easily
If you can get a virus, a trojan you can get compromised by a hacker this way too
Yes. There are a host of viruses and other malware that allow you to take over a computer and put whatever you want on it, often in hidden files the owner of the computer doesn’t even know are there and can’t see on a standard OS.
This is similar to the fact that it isn’t difficult to break into your car and hide meth inside the doors, then report you to the cops. Same of course applies to your house, etc.
We’re not nearly as safe as we often think we are.
It is possible and relatively easy with the right expertise. One would have to have the source files....they just don’t arrive out of nowhere.
If you took remote access on it and visited porn websites it could be done. Many different ways it could be accomplished...
Certainly the NSA can do it.
Think about it. How does your computer know you are there? It doesn’t. It only knows that the right password was entered.
The NSA can turn on your computer camera, can search your computer memory, can read what they want. If they can read your password, they can write. If they can write, they can load. They can update time stamps at will.
And they will be good enough that they will be able to convince any prosecutor in the country (as the prosecutors are always interested in an easy conviction of the ‘right people’.
The simple answer is yes. It’s actually quite simple if you can map to the root of the C: Drive. Start, Run, Host Name,C$. Most people don’t sufficiently protect their passwords.