Meet the men who spy on women through their webcam

somdfunguy

not impressed
Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams | Ars Technica

Even though I take every precaution I still have a piece of tape over the lens on my laptop's webcam.


"See! That #### keeps popping up on my ####ing computer!" says a blond woman as she leans back on a couch, bottle-feeding a baby on her lap.

The woman is visible from thousands of miles away on a hacker's computer. The hacker has infected her machine with a remote administration tool (RAT) that gives him access to the woman's screen, to her webcam, to her files, to her microphone. He watches her and the baby through a small control window open on his Windows PC, then he decides to have a little fun. He enters a series of shock and pornographic websites and watches them appear on the woman's computer.

The woman is startled. "Did it scare you?" she asks someone off camera. A young man steps into the webcam frame. "Yes," he says. Both stare at the computer in horrified fascination. A picture of old naked men appears in their Web browser, then vanishes as a McAfee security product blocks a "dangerous site."
 

RareBreed

Throwing the deuces
penncam~!!

Speaking of him, I found out yesterday that one of my sons has seen him before while at the auto parts store. He calls him "Mr Friendly" because the guy is way too friendly towards my son. :twitch: I told him to stick close to his dad and to NOT talk to this guy whatsoever!
 
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