Webcams have given a security liability for ages, yet many of us don't cover them up. Should we? Edward Snowden, Mark Zuckerberg, and former FBI director James Comey all appear to — but none of us is celebrity or head of state, so what benefit does it give us?
Watch the video below, enjoy, and think about hackers spying on you while you sleep at night. But don't think too hard of it because that's scary.
Here are some ideas on how you can give yourself some peace of mind on this matter...
The most straightforward but not the most elegant way is to simply buy some stickers or piece of tape. You can do so for around $3-5 dollars if you can't find some tape rolling around in your garage. Only con is that tape dries out and becomes hard to unstick after a while and might leave your laptop a bit messy.
If you fancy for a more elegant solution then read further...
Webcam covers allow physically open and close your webcam whenever you need it and generally looks much better than a piece of tape...
If you have an older laptop you probably can simply go on Amazon type in "webcam cover" and get a few plastic webcam covers for around $8-15 plus shipping. Cons are that they are pretty thick and obstruct closing laptop if you have MacBook or any of those new slick laptops...
Personally, I went ahead and dropped few bucks on top for the quality and got myself these neat webcam covers from WebcamToggle.com - Quality webcam covers. The biggest pros of those are that they super thin and small so compatible not only with your laptop but even with your phone.
Let me know if you worried about you being exposed to your webcam?