You use your computer daily, although I bet you rarely, if ever, consider that someone could be spying on you through your built-in camera on a laptop or a standalone camera that connects via USB.

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“Is it actually sensible to cover your webcam when not in use?” she asked fellow Mumsnet users Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined PEOPLE as a ...

Ages ago, coworkers asked why I covered my laptop’s webcam. Then they saw a video where a hacker used a remote access trojan (RAT) to spy on two people sleeping. They started taping over their webcam ...

Don’t cover your camera, Apple has warned MacBook users — it could break your display. Consumers should rely on the green camera indicator light adjacent to their laptop camera, Apple told owners of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Several years ago, when someone used camera covers to protect ...