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What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can't really spy on you on something that's already off and unplugged!

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[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

To the people who insist on me adding a sticky note to my webcam, I can only say

sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyone with root (or equivalent) access to your pc could easily undo that though.

[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they have root access to my PC, webcam access is arguably not my biggest concern

[–] Preflight_Tomato@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It's not the biggest, but it still is a concern, and is exceedingly easily mitigated.