{"id":5501,"date":"2016-06-23T06:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2016-06-26T06:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T10:44:31","slug":"webcam-duct-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/webcam-duct-tape\/5501\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve got your cam covered \u2014 no duct tape required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The surest way to prevent your webcam from transmitting images or video is to cover its lens. Lots of security-minded folks do just that, having read scary stories about malware enabling creeps to spy on them through their built-in or connected webcam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photo reveals that even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5e9TE2Ucp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/5e9TE2Ucp4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JBIhacyqY6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JBIhacyqY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mashable (@mashable) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mashable\/status\/745512063687004160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">June 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But people who actually use their cameras \u2014 for personal calls, work videoconferencing, or any other reason \u2014 may not want to block the camera with duct tape, or stickers, or whatnot. And many others will forget, at least occasionally, to replace the tape after using the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Our flagship security solutions \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/8FWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaspersky Internet Security<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/8FWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaspersky Total Security<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 can help protect your privacy in a variety of ways including not allowing your webcam to serve as a spying device. Kaspersky Webcam Protection feature is available in both the PC and the Mac versions of our products.<\/p>\n<p>By default the software blocks unauthorized webcam access by asking the user\u2019s permission\u00a0<em>before<\/em>\u00a0granting an application access to the device. You\u2019ll find more details and instructions for configuring webcam access in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-webcam-spying\/6100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surest way to prevent your webcam from transmitting images or video is to cover its lens. 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