iSight Uh-Oh....

Be careful what you do in front of your Mac... iSight may be watching (without the telltale green light)!



Macbook webcams can be remotely activated without any sign

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MacBooks are designed to prevent software running on the MacBook’s central processing unit (CPU) from activating its iSight camera without turning on the light. But researchers figured out how to reprogram the chip inside the camera, known as a micro-controller, to defeat this security feature. In a paper called “iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED,” Brocker and Checkoway describe how to reprogram the iSight camera’s micro-controller to allow the camera and light to be activated independently. That allows the camera to be turned on while the light stays off. Their research is under consideration for an upcoming academic security conference. The researchers also provided us with a copy of their proof-of-concept software.

(BoingBoing)

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