Sunday, March 29, 2009

Are You Sure That Computer is Off?

"It can, for example, turn on the camera and audio-recording functions of an infected computer, enabling monitors to see and hear what goes on in a room"

"Vast spy system loots computers in 103 countries, researchers say" by John Markoff, New York Times | March 29, 2009

TORONTO - .... The malware is remarkable both for its sweep - in computer jargon, it has not been merely "phishing" for random consumers' information, but "whaling" for particular important targets - and for its Big Brother-style capacities. It can, for example, turn on the camera and audio-recording functions of an infected computer, enabling monitors to see and hear what goes on in a room....

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Monitor
THIS, assholes!

Did you see the moon, fascistas?