By Michael Krieger: I still remember many years ago in response to becoming aware of the
possibility that my computer webcam could be accessed remotely I decided
to put a piece of duct tape over the camera. I also remember the look
on some of my friends’ faces upon seeing this. They thought I was nuts.
It wasn’t even a conversation I was comfortable having since the idea
that the government or NSA could or would peep on innocent Americans
through their webcams was beyond preposterous for the vast majority of
people
This topic is not exactly new, and I addressed it last April in my piece: A Look into the Malware the FBI Uses to Spy Through Webcams.
Now, thanks to Edward Snowden, we know more. Much, much more.
From the Guardian:
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.