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Hacking is extremely intrusive, allowing the hacker to, for example, switch on the webcam of a computer, or the mic of a phone without the owner having any idea.
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One day in late June, Derrius Guice switched on the webcam in his bedroom.
It required you to talk profanely or switch on your webcam or pretend to be an American girl to strike a conversation.
"The attacker will likely have remote-control access of your computer, meaning they can view not only your files and emails but everything you type on your keyboard and could even switch on your webcam and microphone remotely," Detekt's website explains.
The computer virus could allow a hacker to switch on a microphone or Webcam, record keystrokes and access users' login credentials and online bank accounts.
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Or, in the case of former Miss Teen USACassidy Wolf, you might be targeted by a perv from school who want to sneakily switch on your webcam so he can peep at you when you're naked.
Hackers trick someone into installing a remote access application, switch on their webcam when they're doing something "indiscreet," then Facebook message them a copy of the video, and threaten to show it to their parents/significant other/boss/whomever the person in the video would least like to see it.
Webcams have been switched on at the Statue of Liberty during a ceremony marking the monument's 125th anniversary.
"Hello, internet paedophiles," he says, switching on his webcam at the start of one video.
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