{"id":38700,"date":"2011-11-30T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=38700"},"modified":"2011-12-03T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T07:16:16","slug":"webcam-takes-a-photo-when-i-open-an-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=38700","title":{"rendered":"Webcam takes a photo when I Open an application"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Peter Myers, Australia \u2013 November 30, 2011<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">My external webcam, on a Mac running OS X, has been taking a photo when an application is opened. This practice continued when I changed webcams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The webcam&#8217;s light comes on, its lens cover opens, and it flashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">With newer, faster, computers with internal webcams, it&#8217;s possible that users would not notice the flash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Being concerned about surveillance, I searched for other people who have had this experience. It turns out that Adobe Flash Player routinely allows third-party sites to operate one&#8217;s webcam, and even store data on one&#8217;s computer &#8211;<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.eset.com\/2010\/10\/06\/adobe-flash-the-spy-in-your-computer-\u2013-part-1\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">unless these permissions are explicitly turned off in the settings<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">When I went to the Flash settings webpage, I found that Flash had authorized such use of the webcam, WITHOUT ASKING &#8211; ie, that is the Default.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">However, given that Flash might not be the only facilitator of such surveillance, I have also implemented my own failsafe solution. I bought an extender cable, which plugs into the computer port. To operate the webcam, the two cables must be joined; otherwise, there&#8217;s no power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Such a solution is not feasible for internal webcams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The US Government now has Facial Recognition technology whereby to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/shamireaders\/message\/2232\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">identify individuals within crowds of many thousands<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This technology is truly frightening. Perhaps knowing they possess it reassures the authorities that they can beat any challenge posed by the Occupy forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">When the social order unravels, however, no amount of surveillance will protect the powers that be. Blood on the streets &#8211; in America, not just Egypt &#8211; will only intensify the resistance. Incarceration and torture cannot be kept secret forever. The anger of the American people, once roused, will be unstoppable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the authorities can keep you under surveillance even in your own home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Surveillance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38700"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38862,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38700\/revisions\/38862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}