Someone could be watching and listening to you? Without you knowing?

James Comey, the director of the FBI, says you should be covering your webcam.

 

“It’s not crazy that the FBI director cares about personal security as well,” Comey said. “So I think people ought to take responsibility for their own safety and security.”

 

Comey says EVERYONE should be doing the simple act of sticking a piece of tape over your webcam. It’s a practice that Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg does as well, along with taping over his microphone jack as well.

 

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Most hackers use malware or remote administration tools to get into random users’ computers and thus their webcams.

Other than taping things, you can also protect yourself by using anti-virus or anti-malware software on all your devices, and by making sure you browse the internet on a secure wifi connection.

 

So, now you know. Even the director of the FBI covers his webcam.

 

-The Pepper & Dylan Show

 

(pics from darkhorsenews.com & thehackernews.com)

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