Way Creepy - School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and hom

[Popeye the Sailor]

Well, if you knew, sure. have a ball. But they didn't tell folks that this was going on. So now you;ve got a camera and mic in your home that you have no idea is live? No bueno!

Well thats just begging for a good ole fashioned lawsuit, and a drive be egging.

[erkishhorde]

No? Ah I caught a news teaser where they are actually doing that - cam feeds from class rooms. But it's something both kids, parents and staff all know about. I misunderstood and thought you meant that your child's school had rolled out a program liek that

My high school drafting teacher had a camera in his room. He told the kids straight up on the first day. It was essentially a computer lab and he was pretty lax about the use of tunes while people were working on their drawings so it was security in case someone's ipod went missing or a computer suddenly blew up and he wanted to know why.

[Slide Panda]

My HS had cameras in various places, that's no problem to me. Nor is what your teacher did, he said it was there (hell he could have lied even), it was in a school class room. That's all quite normal these days and a totally different animal from bugging someones home.

[NoisyDante]

I give this thread an hour....tops.

[ducpainter]

I'm only wrong about the timing.

[Slide Panda]

Hey, it's almost 5 hours old now DP... we can behave. Fer reals.

[He Man]

Hey, it's almost 5 hours old now DP... we can behave. Fer reals son.

if your going to be a mothermake the beast with two backser, do it right and dont mess with a 67yearold white dude. 

[ducpainter]

Hey, it's almost 5 hours old now DP... we can behave. Fer reals.

...and if it's only to prove me wrong it's OK.

My work here is done.

if your going to be a mothermake the beast with two backser, do it right and dont mess with a 67yearold white dude. 

If you're gonna be a rocket scientist like your big brother Dave...

learn to make the beast with two backsing count.

[Vindingo]

if your going to be a mothermake the beast with two backser, do it right and dont mess with a 67yearold white dude. 

holy shit have you seen that video?  funny as hell!!!

[CairnsDuc]

One of the Computer Geeks at work scared the crap out of me one day, I said it must be very difficult to tap into someone's home
and switch on a Webcam, He bet me $20 he could do it in under an hour, sure enough, he got some basic info from the personnel
files we have at work, and in under 45 mins, he called me over to show me live footage from the Webcam built into my Computer
monitor!  He still won't tell me how he did it, but the cheeky prick did it!!

That's why in our home, The Webcam built into my computer monitor has been disabled, I opened up the case and cut the wires
to the friggen thing and the main Camera we use for Skype is only plugged when we need it, then unplugged whenever it is not in use.

It was after that I placed an order for a Tin foil Hat!

[Popeye the Sailor]

One of the Computer Geeks at work scared the crap out of me one day, I said it must be very difficult to tap into someone's home
and switch on a Webcam, He bet me $20 he could do it in under an hour, sure enough, he got some basic info from the personnel
files we have at work, and in under 45 mins, he called me over to show me live footage from the Webcam built into my Computer
monitor!  He still won't tell me how he did it, but the cheeky prick did it!!

That's why in our home, The Webcam built into my computer monitor has been disabled, I opened up the case and cut the wires
to the friggen thing and the main Camera we use for Skype is only plugged when we need it, then unplugged whenever it is not in use.

It was after that I placed an order for a Tin foil Hat!

I've been selling copies of that live footage for years. 

[Autostrada Pilot]

One of the Computer Geeks at work scared the crap out of me one day, I said it must be very difficult to tap into someone's home
and switch on a Webcam, He bet me $20 he could do it in under an hour, sure enough, he got some basic info from the personnel
files we have at work, and in under 45 mins, he called me over to show me live footage from the Webcam built into my Computer
monitor!  He still won't tell me how he did it, but the cheeky prick did it!!

That's why in our home, The Webcam built into my computer monitor has been disabled, I opened up the case and cut the wires
to the friggen thing and the main Camera we use for Skype is only plugged when we need it, then unplugged whenever it is not in use.

It was after that I placed an order for a Tin foil Hat!

I want to know how he did it, so I can prevent people from doing it to me....the new laptop that I bought yesterday has a webcam (only computer in my home that has one).  I was already planning on putting tape over it, but I would like to prevent people from being able to access my computer anyways.

[ducpainter]

I want to know how he did it, so I can prevent people from doing it to me....the new laptop that I bought yesterday has a webcam (only computer in my home that has one).  I was already planning on putting tape over it, but I would like to prevent people from being able to access my computer anyways.

turn off remote access.

[zarn02]

One of the Computer Geeks at work scared the crap out of me one day, I said it must be very difficult to tap into someone's home
and switch on a Webcam, He bet me $20 he could do it in under an hour, sure enough, he got some basic info from the personnel
files we have at work, and in under 45 mins, he called me over to show me live footage from the Webcam built into my Computer
monitor!  He still won't tell me how he did it, but the cheeky prick did it!!

That's why in our home, The Webcam built into my computer monitor has been disabled, I opened up the case and cut the wires
to the friggen thing and the main Camera we use for Skype is only plugged when we need it, then unplugged whenever it is not in use.

It was after that I placed an order for a Tin foil Hat!

I have a webcam. When not in use, it's pointed at my ceiling.

[KnightofNi]

i used to have a webcam hooked up to my comp in the dorms. i knew my roomie was stealing my shit so over one holiday break when i was gone i left my pc on and accessed it from home.

that's when i started turning my PC off when it's not in use and disconnecting the cam and mic when i'm not using them.


also, this is the town right next to where i live. it's all voer the news. and not just because of the webcam thing. it's a more affluent school district and people are asking why they get to give kids laptops when the poorer ones where the kid's parents have no chance of affording them can't get anything.