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You'll see why 2024 will be just like 1984...

Meh. All that means is that people will have to be careful about where they point their screens.

We already have the potential for that kind of surveillance. Ever notice the built-in webcams on newer laptops? It's just a matter of time before someone figures out how to hack those so that they can watch someone without their knowledge, if they haven't already. Of course, there's a quick fix for that: paper and tape.
 
CelticRose said:
Ever notice the built-in webcams on newer laptops? It's just a matter of time before someone figures out how to hack those so that they can watch someone without their knowledge, if they haven't already.
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Someone has already figured that out. All it requires is a bit of spyware.

Of course, there's a quick fix for that: paper and tape.
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Which of course won't work for a two way screen; you'd need a lot of tape, and you wouldn't see anything on the screen yourself.
 
Earthborn said:
Which of course won't work for a two way screen; you'd need a lot of tape, and you wouldn't see anything on the screen yourself.
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Like I said, you just have to be careful about where you point the screen. And be like the Jetsons and put your makeup on before you step in front of the screen. ;)

Seriously, all you have to do is wear a mask of some sort and make sure that the only thing visible behind you is a blank wall.
 
Cardboard, tape, sheet of glass from an old picture frame, crt monitor, webcam. Put that idea together in about 2001. It's much nicer looking at the face of the person you're speaking to than at the desk in front of them...
 
Earthborn,

Someone has already figured that out. All it requires is a bit of spyware.
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I know, I heard about that. As a result I have a piece of paper over the camera which is taped-up to hold it in place so that can't happen.

This is really a bad idea I think to have a computer screen that can take pictures. You can't tape over that system...


INRM
 
if you are so paranoid, get a one way mirror between you and your screen.. You can look through at the screen, the screen cannot look back
 
The_Fire,

I know very little about the complexities of computers, I just know the basics.

Taping over the cam is obviously a very simple approach, but it works currently...


Blackadder,

I actually had thought of that...
 
Most monitors are visible from 170 degrees to the side. Therefore simply view your monitor from 169 degrees, maybe from behind a small frame covered in net curtain. If it's a laptop type on it using a fishing rod with a lead toy soldier dangling from the fishing line.
 
The camera in my laptop has a plastic slider to cover it when not in use.
That must be the first thing they ask about at a technical hotline.:D
 
plumjam said:
Most monitors are visible from 170 degrees to the side. Therefore simply view your monitor from 169 degrees, maybe from behind a small frame covered in net curtain. If it's a laptop type on it using a fishing rod with a lead toy soldier dangling from the fishing line.
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No just mstsc to it from your other computer which doesn't have a camera. You know, the one in the basement with the big hard drive.
 
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