On Tuesday, observers were reminded that Mr. Zuckerberg, 32, is not just a normal guy... his laptop camera and microphone jack appeared to be covered with tape...
The taped-over camera... usually a signal that someone is concerned... about hackers’ gaining access to his or her devices by using remote-access trojans — a process called “ratting.” (Remote access is not limited to ratters: According to a cache of National Security Agency documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, at least two government-designed programs were devised to take over computer cameras and microphones.)
Security experts supported the taping, for a few good reasons... more
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Murray Associates provided our clients with a more elegant solution—a year ago.
(free)
Spybuster Tip #812 Protect your privacy with just two disk magnets.
1. Affix one magnet to your laptop—adjacent to the camera lens.
2. Let the second magnet attach itself to the first one. It will orbit the first magnet.
3. Orbit the second magnet over the camera lens to eclipse the view.
4. Rotate it out of the way to use the camera.
Simple. Elegant. Effective.
Tape is tawdry.
You are now very cool! More cool than Zuck with his yuck tape.
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