Researchers describe how to cause older Apple computers to video record without turning on LED light
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —Two researchers at Johns Hopkins University have posted a research paper outlining a way to remotely control a computer webcam (on MacBook and iMac computers) without causing the in-use light to go on. In their paper, Matthew Brocker and Stephen Checkoway also note that they have learned that the FBI has known how to accomplish the same feat for several years.