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Govt' Spooks Hacked Millions of Webcams - Orwellian style
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A few months ago. I installed a new operating system and I forgot to check my Flash settings (this thread reminded me to check it today). I also removed the sticker because I needed my computer for a business meeting and didn't want the client to get distracted with wondering why I had a sticker on my computer.
I didn't put a new one on and started getting emails for products that someone could definitely see through the camera.
I put the sticker back on and I haven't received any of those emails in awhile. However, I have received email solicitations from restaurants that I have gone to on business trips (and only from restaurants I recently went to). It's like someone has a database that links your cellphone number to an email address (I paid with cash, but cell was turned on).
Welcome to 1984.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 53518190 That really is creepy. As I review the article over the past weeks about "NSA collecting 5 billion records per day worldwide" - and how they "infer" relationships based on mobile location data (Link: [ link to www.washingtonpost.com] - in other words, based on the places you (your cell phone) goes, it's correlated against those other people (cell phones) that happen to be in the same place at the same time as you.... and if you happen to be in the same place a number of times, a relationship may be inferred. As you guys probably know, this NSA stuff is old news. Project Echelon has been going on for years. It really ramped up in the 90's. Intelligence agencies had the ability to intercept all global electronic communications back then (maybe not the ability to store everything, but intercept everyting). However, the specific targeting of the US population was implemented in the 2000's - they just needed the legal junk to be passed before targeting us as a high priority (911/Patriot Act). You can see who they perceive as the enemy through their own documents; and recently, the gov's actions and defiance of any wrongdoing. They have become become quite bold in broadcasting who they think the enemy is. It is only by coincidence that the government does anything to benefit the people of the US. All legislation has a different motive. Example: Electronic Stability Control in vehicles. This was mandated by the gov. The reason it was initiated was because the company that manufactured the technology lobbied to have it implemented. Yes, it makes cars safer, however it was initiated to provide a cash cow for the manufacturer via the automotive industry and consumers. Same thing for air bags. Black is White Patriot Act - Enslavement Act Affordable Care Act - Unaffordable Care Act Never listen to what they say. Watch what they do.
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