[TriLUG] Search Engine question

[Cristobal Palmer]

On 10/15/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
> recently a news story about google came up in the news and said they are
> writing programs that will turn on your webcam and microphone remotely so
> they can " see what products you use and listen to what radio and tv shows
> you watch".

This kind of urban legend doesn't really do anybody any good. Focus on
being sensible about securing the services and devices that you use.
Again, I would urge you to look into Tor (http://tor.eff.org/) and
similar.

There is, however, a grain of truth in what you say above. There are
apparently many, many "unsecured" webcams out there that you can
watch: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/04/googling_unsecured_w.html

This one works for me, for example:
http://216.231.170.182:5903/MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion&Language=0

Seriously though: look into Tor.

-CMP

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Cristobal M. Palmer
UNC-CH SILS Student -- ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
TriLUG Vice Chair
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