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The best program to protect the Web camera from intruders?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 65228" data-source="post: 706938"><p>The best thing you can do to prevent an intruder from accessing your web-cam is to not have one present in the first place. If you disable the web-cam device from Device Manager, a backdoor can allow an intruder to just re-enable the device (for example).</p><p></p><p>If you have a laptop with a built-in web-cam then disable the device in Device Manager and cover the web-cam lens with thick tape when you're not using it. If you have a desktop, then you'll have a portable web-cam and you can unplug it when you do not need to use it (attack vector gone).</p><p></p><p>You can rely on security software to shield you from intruders trying to access your web-cam (e.g. Avast recently rolled out such functionality) but I wouldn't count on it. I'd rather be safe than sorry and just use a portable one which can be unplugged, or cover up the built-in one on the laptop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 65228, post: 706938"] The best thing you can do to prevent an intruder from accessing your web-cam is to not have one present in the first place. If you disable the web-cam device from Device Manager, a backdoor can allow an intruder to just re-enable the device (for example). If you have a laptop with a built-in web-cam then disable the device in Device Manager and cover the web-cam lens with thick tape when you're not using it. If you have a desktop, then you'll have a portable web-cam and you can unplug it when you do not need to use it (attack vector gone). You can rely on security software to shield you from intruders trying to access your web-cam (e.g. Avast recently rolled out such functionality) but I wouldn't count on it. I'd rather be safe than sorry and just use a portable one which can be unplugged, or cover up the built-in one on the laptop. [/QUOTE]
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