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Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem

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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> In aus.computers Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> wrote:
>> cameras for instance. I have all internal cameras set facing wall 
>> surfaces, so even if they were hacked nothing would be seen. but I would 
>> know if they were hacked because they would have turned to face into the 
>> rooms. I turn them via smartphone control to monitor the rooms if away 
>> for any length of time, like holidays. but if they were hacked I'm not 
>> sure what info could be got from them.
> 
> For about a year I've been getting scam messages sent to random
> addresses at my mail server that claim to be from a hacker who got
> video of me watching porn from my webcam, and is trying to blackmail
> me for bitcoins. The effect of these emails is limited by the fact
> that I don't even have a webcam on the computers I use regularly,
> and I don't watch porn on them anyway.
> 
Yeah, had the same happen to me years ago, nothing new. It happened on a
Win laptop that, unusually, didn’t even have a camera. I ignored it and the
world continued on. 

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Xeno

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Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-09-30 22:58 +1000
  Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-10-01 08:04 +1000
    Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 09:06 +1000
    Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2024-10-01 05:05 +0000
      Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 09:13 +1000
        Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-02 11:26 +1000
          Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 12:08 +1000
            Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-02 13:52 +1000
              Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 19:30 +1000
  Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2024-10-02 08:55 +1000
    Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-02 11:14 +1000
      Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-02 17:37 +1000
        Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem alvey <Hans.Andnees@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 06:55 +1000
          Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 07:28 +1000
            Re: Chinese software isn't the biggest problem Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-03 13:21 +1000

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