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Govt' Spooks Hacked Millions of Webcams - Orwellian style
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[quote:Kismet 21363812:MV8yNDk0NjkwXzQzMDQyNDQ5X0JEODlERDdG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 43642585:MV8yNDk0NjkwXzQzMDQyMzM2XzY3Mzg0MEFD] [quote:Anonymous Coward 21363812:MV8yNDk0NjkwXzQzMDQyMjk1XzUxQzkzQUI=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 37338014:MV8yNDk0NjkwXzQzMDQyMjM2XzY2RkEyQTlC] I disabling them in device manager enough? [/quote] Well, the thing with this scenario is that the images of people were secretly captured while they were using their webcam. Whether your webcam can be accessed even tho you've disabled it in Device Manager is a good question. Some techs say yes if the right software is on the computer. [/quote] To access a cam requires a bit of work like getting the user to open a bad link which allows remote control of the computer, but this takes work and is typically not done by people other than script kiddies. They took peoples willing images (as in daily conversation,sex etc) and compiled it from a server already storing the images. yahoo is just covering their butts. [/quote] Here's an article from The New York Times: WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on those machines and can also create a digital highway for launching cyberattacks. While most of the software is inserted by gaining access to computer networks, the N.S.A. has increasingly made use of a secret technology that enables it to enter and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to N.S.A. documents, computer experts and American officials. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?_r=0 The question becomes, does anyone really know what software is bundled on their computer? [/quote]
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"Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Yahoo: 'A whole new level of violation of our users' privacy'
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images"
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"Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.
Yahoo reacted furiously to the webcam interception when approached by the Guardian. The company denied any prior knowledge of the program, accusing the agencies of "a whole new level of violation of our users' privacy".
"Sexually explicit webcam material proved to be a particular problem for GCHQ, as one document delicately put it: "Unfortunately … it would appear that a surprising number of people use webcam conversations to show intimate parts of their body to the other person."
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