Some experts see webcam covers as a final safeguard, while others don't see them as useful at all. (Photo: sorbetto via Getty Images) If you are paranoid about people seeing things they should not ...

A strip of tape may be the simplest cybersecurity tool you'll ever use By Nicholas De Leon You’d be hard-pressed to find a laptop that doesn’t have a built-in webcam nowadays. While that makes it ...

If you’re worked about hackers or people spying on you through your webcam, it may be time to pick up a webcam cover for your computer. According to the latest research, more and more people have had ...

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Several years ago, when someone used camera covers to protect against possible surveillance, it was not popular to talk about it. A turning point in the ways to protect against surveillance was the ...

If you're aware of modern cybersecurity issues, then you're probably someone who wants a privacy cover on their webcam. There's nothing wrong with that in principle, but in some specific cases this ...

Perhaps you've noticed while at a coffee shop or library: laptop computers all around are crowned with a Post-It or little slip of paper covering their cameras. What's the point? Curious to understand ...

If your computer has a built-in camera, also known as a webcam, you should be concerned that it can be used to spy on you. And no, this is not just science fiction as a recent survey conducted by HP ...

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