[liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

[Guido Witmond]

On 03/02/14 20:26, Sal Privacy wrote:

> More and more people are being spied on. In February, it was
> announced that *1.8 million *Yahoo! users had their webcams hacked and
> images intercepted. Allegedly there are backdoors into
> all *web-connected camera device*, and people can watch you without your
> knowledge or permission.

Sorry Sally,

The 1.8 million Yahoos haven't been hacked. Their communication streams
have been copied at the network routers, while they were using the
camera for what it was designed. Transmit their video to the other party.

Blocking a camera (and muting it's microphone) are wise things to do,
but here Yahoo had 'forgotten' to implement end-to-end encryption.

Guido.