Be Very Observant and Careful

@GardenGerty (169449)
United States
October 10, 2015 4:29am CST
On this laptop I have a tendency to accidentally click on things that I do not mean to. I did that last night, and ended up with an offer for Cyber Webcam. I clicked it off, exed it out whatever. At least I thought so. Not long after I noticed my webcam was on!! I did not turn it on. I could not get rid of it either. I have heard about people spying through the webcam. Scary to me. So I put a little piece of sticky paper over the camera to obscure it. When I shut all of my tabs, that ad was still there. It was "under" everything else. My webcam went off when I clicked that ad off again. I do not know who was on the other end, but it was scary to me. Be very careful, and observant.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
The pop under adverts can easily be unnoticed and remain in the background for quite some time. Are you using the touchpad on the laptop? This can precarious even after you have got used to using it, so I always use a mouse.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Oct 15
@GardenGerty I have a wireless mouse for mine, which makes life much easier.
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I would like to get a mouse for it and will probably do so soon.
Nelda Hoxie
@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I have to admit that I haven't been doing that. Well my webcam is now covered. I am pretty sure that it hasn't been on. But you never know. ...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
There was a light that came on on my webcam on my laptop. I never have been in the habit of covering it
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Oct 15
I don't use a laptop, but if I ever get one, I will have tape over the webcam. But you gave me an idea. Maybe I will use The Boy's laptop while he's gone this morning.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
It is fun to use their stuff when we get a chance.
Shellyann36
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
11 Oct 15
Glad that you noticed it. I have put a sticky over my webcam lenses for months now. I always make sure that they are disabled but I block them just to be on the safe side.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I guess I do not know how to disable them. I have been concerned ever since that school in PA was spying on students with school owned laptops.
Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
11 Oct 15
There is very little we know about what is going in this complicated technical world including bits and bytes despite having attended courses
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I agree with you. I feel pretty blind about some of these things.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502394)
• Italy
10 Oct 15
I always keep a post it on my webcam, I prefer not to take risks.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
You are a smart lady. Mine is now covered.
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tita417
@Tita417 (1228)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
10 Oct 15
Thank you the advice. Ill alert my family on this. Should you just have it reformat so evrything will be erased?
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
11 Oct 15
No, I do not think reformatting would help. I just keep the lens covered now.
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