Longreads: Webcam Hacker

The article I have read is about a creepy and mysterious new hacker who isn't into stealing money or scamming his victims. Instead, he uses the power of technology to go into someone's hard-drive and completely learn everything about this. THese hackers have been sending random messages to their victims, and then going into their webcam and watching live video of what these people are doing. Girls report getting random IM messages from people who they believe to be their friends. But then victim will ask their friend, and there will be no recollection of ever exchanging a message. Technology has really made it easy to have people watch... all the time. Most computers on the market come with a webcam standard, which means that anything in front of the desktop is visible to the lens. Victims report that the messages will describe the layouts of the room and who they've been having sex with. THis disturbing thought makes me even creeped out to use my Mac desktop, which contains a webcam. The victims said they notice the small light next to the camera to be on, even when they aren't using the camera, which means someone is watching. I feel that most people don't even pay attention to those small details and wouldn't notice if they were being stalked. These online stalkers can also access all the past photos that were taken, and what their e-mails contain. These hackers say that websites suck as Facebook and Myspace make it very easy to find victims. ALl someone needs to do is click on a link and a virus is downloaded that allows access. THe FBI is investigating such cases, but this threat is hard to stop in such technologically advanced crime. Hackers are always around and you never know what they can do.