How worried should I be about someone hacking into my computers webcam?

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kaysey.K

I keep on hearing stories about people being spied on via webcam, am I being paranoid?

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Well, you decide:
From; http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet-the-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/
Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams.
"... only minimal technical skill is now required to deploy a RAT and acquire slaves. Once infected, all the common RAT software provides a control panel view in which one can see all current slaves, their locations, and the status of their machines. With a few clicks, the operator can start watching the screen or webcam of any slave currently online."
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Parents of infants using baby monitors:
Hacked Baby Monitor Caught Spying On 2-Year-Old Girl In Texas; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/hacked-baby-monitor-houston-texas-parents_n_3750675.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopularusing "
Foscam- Wireless B/G/N IP Camera MUST be updated. http://foscam.us/firmware.html but EVERY iP enabled cam should constantly be kept up-to-date.
Bookmark your camera model website, and using "Change Detect" (a 'spider') to automatically notify (by e-mail) you when any updates become available.
http://www.changedetection.com/monitor.html
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From the "NoScript" website; http://noscript.net/faq/#clearclick
Paragraph 7.1:
"...you clicked anywhere in their apparently innocuous page, believing you were doing nothing dangerous, but in reality you were activating your microphone and/or your webcam for Flash access, allowing the remote attacker to spy on you instantaneously."

On the other hand, if you use Firefox you can install the free and open source NoScript extension (yes, this one), which provides the only viable and safe protection available today: the ClearClick technology. "

Use Firefox, with "NoScript" to greatly diminish the chance of this, and many, many other exploits that leverage the power of JavaScript.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/dunbar-pappy/dunbarpappy/
[see this page for how it works, and how to use it...very straight forward; http://noscript.net/features#contentblocking
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Google Chrome, by default, allows access to webcams.
Change that to disallow.
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On laptops, one fail-safe method is to cover the lens.
Use a plain "Band-Aid" (no kidding), positioned so the soft fiber pad is over the lens. This reduces scratching.
On the extreme end of one half, fold a 1/2" section back on itself (sticky to sticky) which creates a "pull tab" so you can un-mask the lens when you want it. Secure the other end on the other side of the lens.

When will tmobile come out with the iPhone?

sockssoxs1

I have seen articles and reports that T-Mobile will carry apple products in the new year (2013). When can I expect to see the iphone 5 on T-Mobiles network?

thanks

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I let my friend (coworker) who owns an iPhone 5 use my Note 2 just to compare, and showed him how to use it.

I then asked him why people prefer iPhone 5 over the customization that Android gives. He had no answer to that (he did attempt to say that the iPhone was simpler to use, and I described that the it was true that even babies could use the iPhone, but the Android only takes a day to customize to ones wants and needs), just that he never knew Android had gotten so good. He then offered to trade me his iPhone 5 and a gaming screen he had previously used for his triple monitor setup. I stoutly declined.

This sounds like I'm just trying to spite you because even if the events that I have just tried to describe are false (and they are not), they are impolite.

So I won't educate you on the benefits of the Note 2, and Android as an OS, and why I'm not here to start a war, but merely to inform you that iPhone is definitely starting to fall off as a feature full phone every generation. Every generation, the iPhone is declining. I won't speak of it anymore, and just try answering your question without killing myself over how much a tech geek like me needs to tell you how much better Android is. All you have to do is research and use google anyway if you wanted to know, right?

So about iPhone on T-mobile. You probably won't be seeing the iPhone 5 likely appear in next month. After that, they will be very eager to get the iPhone 5 if they truly are considering offering the iPhone 5 (they already offer the Galaxy Note 2, though... OOPS what am I saying?!?!). So around 3-4 months? Yep very likely.

But don't buy a phone on a contract. You will end up paying more. Do you wonder why contracts lock you in and lower the price on phones? It's not really because they want you to stay (well yes they do), but that they gain a better profit anyway. They lock you into a plan that is very bad compared to prepaid plans so every month you will be shelling out tons more money for tons less service. Let's say you pay $90 every month for the same service you get at $49... There you go. 2 year contract = 12+12 = 24 x 40 = 960. You will be shelling out an extra $960 along with the small fee you payed with the phone when you signed your contract ($200 maybe?).

See, I'm just trying to educate you on what choice you should take: prepaid.

Prepaid? Look at Straight Talk, Solavei, T-mobile Prepaid (hidden because they like you using contracts), there are many great options. Check them out.

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