Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac's webcam

December 19, 2013 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Ya so you know how people are always totally over paranoid and think people can turn their webcam on without them knowing. They go so far as to cover them with PostIt's or special covers… turns out they weren't really all that paranoid.

A pair of Johns Hopkins researchers recently published a research paper showing that it's possible to control the camera of a mac while keeping the indicator dark.

Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac’s webcam
If you believe common wisdom, it shouldn’t be possible to take over most webcams without alerting users. The indicator LED is supposed to be hack-proof,

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I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

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I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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