But then, I'm going under the assumption that, having posted a variety of anti-status-quo, politically and financially controversial things, that if there were some entity that wished to watch me surreptuoisly through my webcam, they would have been watching for a long, long time by now.
At which point, should that be the case, covering the webcam would likely trigger some event such that my every motion being monitored would result in our doors being kicked down and men in black (tm) dragging me to an interrogation room.
That, or far more likely due to the present lack of door-kicking, should my banal, uninteresting thoughts that are being parrotted by hundred of thousands of others as well be SO requiring of being monitored without physically stopping my computer use itself or alerting me directly in any way, I would assume that my place is bugged and watched 24/7.
But that's paranoia to the point of ludicrous, and its far more likely that nobody gives a fuck about me one way or the other.
You're probably right about no one caring... Right now. But storage is cheap, they can record you now in case they need that footage later. It's kind of the entire business model of the NSA.
While you're probably right about everything being recorded and saved, that's no reason not to take precautions to prevent additional data from being created, such as by via your webcam.
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Kabuthunk ago
Seems wildly over paranoid to me.
But then, I'm going under the assumption that, having posted a variety of anti-status-quo, politically and financially controversial things, that if there were some entity that wished to watch me surreptuoisly through my webcam, they would have been watching for a long, long time by now.
At which point, should that be the case, covering the webcam would likely trigger some event such that my every motion being monitored would result in our doors being kicked down and men in black (tm) dragging me to an interrogation room.
That, or far more likely due to the present lack of door-kicking, should my banal, uninteresting thoughts that are being parrotted by hundred of thousands of others as well be SO requiring of being monitored without physically stopping my computer use itself or alerting me directly in any way, I would assume that my place is bugged and watched 24/7.
But that's paranoia to the point of ludicrous, and its far more likely that nobody gives a fuck about me one way or the other.
timsandtoms ago
You're probably right about no one caring... Right now. But storage is cheap, they can record you now in case they need that footage later. It's kind of the entire business model of the NSA.
Kabuthunk ago
Oh, I already live under the assumption that all data to and from my computer is being recorded and saved somewhere for current or later use.
I no longer even bother to entertain the notion that digital privacy exists.
timsandtoms ago
While you're probably right about everything being recorded and saved, that's no reason not to take precautions to prevent additional data from being created, such as by via your webcam.