{"id":1310,"date":"2016-09-18T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2016-09-18T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T18:12:04","slug":"securitythings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2016\/09\/18\/securitythings\/","title":{"rendered":"things to cover up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am participating in the University of Edinburgh digital skills course \u201823 things for digital knowledge<\/a>\u2018. Thing 4 is about digital security. I have checked the security permissions on my phone and ipad, but I am particularly freaked out by the idea that your own camera can be used to watch you without your permission. My laptop is often open around my house and that’s not a kind of knowledge I am keen to share.<\/p>\n

Even the FBI- an organisation well known for unwarranted surveillance- suggest covering your webcam. I suggest using a cheerful sticker, perhaps one you have collected from an Adalovelace Lego, Wikipedia editathon or even the 23Things course. Perhaps the University’s information security team will issue a sticker of the perfect size.<\/p>\n

Put tape over your webcam, FBI director warns.<\/a><\/p>\n

I heard James Comey interviewed on the radio discussing who the targets for such privacy invasions usually are. I think he said young women were particularly targetted by this kind of phish\/malware \/hack. In an attempt to find that reference I made the mistake of googling ‘young girls webcam’. Mistake. Now that’s in my internet history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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