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FBI Director Explains Why He Puts Tape Over His Webcam
The Daily Caller ^ | April 9, 2016 | Jonah Bennett

Posted on 04/10/2016 5:44:33 AM PDT by JACKRUSSELL

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To: JACKRUSSELL

I have a small piece from the top of a Post-it Note on each of my computers’ cameras. I wish I could do the same to my microphone on my computers and cell phone. After I heard that OnStar could be secretly turned on remotely I got a lot more paranoid about electronics.


41 posted on 04/10/2016 9:03:56 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“I’ve been doing that forever.”

I’m an auditor and always cover the camera lens for the same reasons. The last audit shop I was in had 40 or so auditors, one asked why I had a small Post-it covering my lens, and I offered my explanation.

I was tickled at the next meeting when all the laptops at the table has the same yellow squares covering their laptop cameras.


42 posted on 04/10/2016 9:07:33 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: ChessExpert

In my Dell laptop I pull the mic out.


43 posted on 04/10/2016 10:21:40 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: JoeProBono

Ne? They are always right you know.


44 posted on 04/10/2016 11:21:59 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: kearnyirish2

See #26


45 posted on 04/10/2016 11:33:07 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: Bshaw

Black electric tape is the stealth solution.


46 posted on 04/10/2016 11:46:55 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: JACKRUSSELL
I cover the camera on my laptop and tablet.

Always have.

I don't trust the Internet. Never have.

47 posted on 04/10/2016 12:50:42 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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To: ASA Vet

Sure, that would work!


48 posted on 04/10/2016 6:48:21 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: JACKRUSSELL
The real issue is Comey's double standard -- one rule for the Lords, another for the Peons:
For privacy activists, the real problem is what they see as Comey's hypocrisy. He says tech companies shouldn't make devices that are "unhackable" to law enforcement (the fight over the San Bernardino iPhone 5C being the major case in point), but the activists say that's exactly what he's done with his personal webcam.

Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist and a senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, accused Comey of having a double standard for his own privacy:

FBI Director Comey has created a "warrant-proof webcam" that will thwart lawful surveillance should he ever be investigated. Shame on him.

49 posted on 04/12/2016 10:27:11 AM PDT by Cyberman
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