Hi i am back with more topic to be discussed for my entry. This entry i will give you a shocking facts that might blow your mind. It is about how your devices at home can be used to spy on you. You must be wondering how is that even possible? In this era of technology, this kind of thing is not very hard to execute at all.
Here are the devices That Can Be Turned To Watch Over You :
1) Your Television
It has been reported that a particular TV brand company were found
to spy on not only what channels were being watched, but even
transmitted back to LG the names of files on USB drives connected to the
television. It is alos for hackers nowadays to hack some
models of Samsung TVs and use them as vehicles to capture data from
networks to which they are attached, and even watch whatever the cameras
built in to the televisions see.
2) Your Kitchen Appliances
Modern kitchen nowadays are starting to be equipped with connectivity that allows for great convenience. However, this convenience makes it vulnerable to the potential of spying and security risks. Information about when
you wake up in the morning (as extrapolated from data on your
Internet-connected coffee maker) and your shopping habits (as determined
by information garnered from your smart fridge) can help robbers target
your home.
3) Your Modem (and Internet Service Provider)
Like i said before, If government agencies can dedicate money, people and effort to hack into something, they can do it. In this case, your ISP
could easily compile a list of Internet sites with which you have
communicated if the government demanded them to do so. Even without the help of the ISP, they could even hacked in themselves. Worse
yet, since people often subscribe to Internet service from the same
providers as they do television service, a single party may know a lot
more about you then you might think.
4) Your Webcam or Home Security Cameras
An ex-intelligence officer who himself a networking expert, told the public that even the webcam in your PCs and laptop can be turned on by third parties. A malware is installed on your computer to take control of
the webcam and record you by taking photos or video unaware.
5) YourEntertainment Devices other than phones
As an example, an iPod are often Wi-Fi
enabled and pose similar to risks to smartphones as discussed above. Of
course if you are reading books or magazines, watching videos, or
listening to audio supplied by an online provider, your choices and
preferences are likely being tracked.
6) Last but not least! Your Smartphone
Your ISP have your info, Google have some of your info for android users and Apple also can have your info if you use an iPhone. Some apps sync your contacts list to
the providers’ servers by default, and others have been found to ignore privacy settings. Phones may even be capturing pictures or video of you when you do not realize and sending the photos or video to criminals!
This just proves that even when you are at home thinking that you are in your own castle. But today, it is no more. A phones is a mans castle and when it can be hacked, then you live in a vulnerable world. Here is one very interesting videos entitled A state of surveillance in YouTube. Be sure to watch it. Clink the link below!!
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