Mark Zuckerberg tapes over his webcam. Should you?
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#1J02B)
Does covering his laptop camera and microphone with tape make Facebook's boss paranoid, or are they really after him? Probably a bit of both
Don't worry, Mark Zuckerberg: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you. And as the richest millennial in the world, you can probably be confident that someone, somewhere, is after you.
Which is why it makes perfect sense that you've joined the growing number of people doing a little DIY hardware hacking, and disabling their computer's webcam and microphone. Even if a sneaky hacker does manage to penetrate your security, they're not going to be seeing you in your tighty whities.
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