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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think it's ... erm.... "odd" ( can't think of a better word, sorry ) that  some folk don't trust their cameras ,but trust every "update" without question.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I trust Microsoft updates ... they come from Microsoft ... I trusted them enough to buy the system, why would I not trust them to update and improve the way it works and repair possible security glitches?  ...The IT engineers at my last place of work (social services) insisted on all Microsoft updates being installed ... it was found that in the past some workers had disabled updates and clients' confidential data had been compromised ... there was  quite a bit of a hooha about it at work ... the responsibility for ensuring updates were installed was taken over by the IT department. 

    However, the camera is a different matter ... who is accessing it depends on which sites you are accessing ... could be anyone at the other end ............ !!!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:

    However, the camera is a different matter ... who is accessing it depends on which sites you are accessing ... could be anyone at the other end ............ !!!
    all anyone could see with the camera on my laptop is my ugly mug and the dresser behind me.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2020
    Hostafan1 said:
    Dovefromabove said:

    However, the camera is a different matter ... who is accessing it depends on which sites you are accessing ... could be anyone at the other end ............ !!!
    all anyone could see with the camera on my laptop is my ugly mug and the dresser behind me.
    .... and with 'zoom' they could see any paperwork on that dresser, including envelopes with your address on, bank statements with account details etc and other confidential stuff ... plus don't you and your Lovely Hub often leave your keys on that dresser?  So a 'watcher' will know who you are, where you are, and where your house and car keys are likely to be .... and apart from any online misbehaviour they may get up to,  would you hear them if they snuck in while you were in one of the polytunnels?  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    Dovefromabove said:

    However, the camera is a different matter ... who is accessing it depends on which sites you are accessing ... could be anyone at the other end ............ !!!
    all anyone could see with the camera on my laptop is my ugly mug and the dresser behind me.
    .... and with 'zoom' they could see any paperwork on that dresser, including envelopes with your address on, bank statements with account details etc and other confidential stuff ... plus don't you and your Lovely Hub often leave your keys on that dresser?  So a 'watcher' will know who you are, where you are, and where your house and car keys are likely to be .... and apart from any online misbehaviour they may get up to,  would you hear them if they snuck in while you were in one of the polytunnels?  
    the angle of the screen means they can only see above my head behind me.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2020
    Maybe you’re right ... have you ever Skyped and seen how much of someone’s home is visible?  I was surprised when I did. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Maybe you’re right ... have you ever Skyped and seen how much of someone’s home is visible?  I was surprised when I did. 
    I think I've only used skype about 5 times.

    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I remember seeing almost half a family sitting room when my son and his then wife Skyped her babushka ... she pointed out various pieces of furniture and photographs etc around the room behind her grandmother. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    At least with Skype you know who you’re looking at and who’s looking at you.
    I always update, they are from Apple rather that than a break in from a very clever Romanian. 
    Apple work on keeping one step ahead of hackers who build up a profile of you can take a passport photo maybe?   
    People are getting hacked constantly, it pays to be vigilant. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    It's not the camera as much as the microphone you should worry about (and much harder to isolate). But people go and buy extra microphones to make it easier for the hackers. Alexa, when am I going to be out of the house for a couple of hours?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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