Assignment 13: Useful Information
The most useful information I learned in this semester is about Webcam Security. Though this course, I have read some articles on how ‘home hackers’ can easily spy on people’s daily lives through cameras that were installed in homes to improve security, or in your computers, cellphones, and devices.
After I read these articles, I felt that there isn’t a place in this world that is secure and safe. Especially, when I watched the video showing how the man easily hacked into his friend’s webcam, I felt embarrassed for her and this was awful! Usually, people use the home camera to protect their kids and family, but it’s doing the opposite way now. Fortunately, I am aware of webcam intrusion before I read these articles. I have used a small plastic sticker to cover my laptop’s front-facing camera. I hope that it protected me from any hackers. Covering webcams and cameras can be one way to protect our life privacy from hackers.
The best way to protect your private information is always having antivirus software installed and keep update security and password. Moreover, we need to change the default password on the device and read the Camera instruction manuals guide. Hope all of these procedures can help us to keep hackers away and keep our personal and financial information safe.













