The FBI director advised everyone to cover the webcam on a laptop, Mark Zuckerberg did this and this is the reason

James Comey, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), recommends that users cover the webcam on a personal computer.

According to TIME, the camera and microphone of a laptop or phone are becoming targets for hackers. They can take advantage of the victim's laptop camera, especially celebrities, who are influential, recording somewhat sensitive, private images to extort money.

Even now, there are many websites that allow anyone to view multiple images recorded from webcams that lack security on users' laptops.

In the past few years, professional hackers have been able to take control of cameras on laptops when they have not been covered. The "hot photos", "private photos" of the American teenage Miss, celebrities who get badly obtained through webcams on their laptops in the bedroom are the most specific examples.

James Comey said all employees in the government office used a small cap to "cover" the small cameras on top of the laptop screen. According to him, everyone should do the same to those Not allowed will not be able to see you.

FBI Director James Comey thinks covering the webcam on a laptop is something anyone should do.(Photo: Getty Images)

And Facebook's boss also does this. In a photo on the occasion of congratulating the Instagram social networking event of 500 million users every month, Facebook boss showed off a photo and one can see Mark Zuckerberg's Macbook stuck with tape at locations. attach the camera and audio jack for fear of "hacking" the webcam and "eavesdrop" through the audio port.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sits at his desk and we can see he has also used tape to cover webcams and audio jacks on computers - (Photo: Facebook / Zuckerberg).

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