You know a security risk is serious when Mark Zuckerberg starts paying attention. While putting tape over your webcam is one surefire way of making sure no one’s watching you on your webcam, you don’t have to rely on such primitive methods. There are a couple of apps that can do the job for you.
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First up is Oversight for the Mac, developed by one-time NSA employee Patrick Wardle. It’s constantly running in the background looking out for anything unusual. In particular, it monitors any attempts to access your webcam or microphone, as well as known malware threats including OSX/Eleanor, OSX/Crisis, and OSX/Mokes. From the Oversight site: “While the webcam’s LED will turn on whenever a session is initially started, new research has shown that malware can surreptitious piggyback into such existing sessions (FaceTime, Skype, Google Hangouts, etc.) and record both audio and video — without fear of detection.” For the full article click here
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