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06-22-2016, 11:42 PM
How to make your computer's internal microphone ******-proof
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When Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo (http://mashable.com/2016/06/21/mark-zuckerberg-webcam-cover/) with his computer in the background, it revealed his para**ia about ******s tapping into **t only his webcam, but his microphone, too.
SEE ALSO: NFL Twitter account hacked soon after Drake's, Twitter 'checking' into leaks (http://mashable.com/2016/06/07/nfl-drake-twitter-hack/)
The photo shows the internal microphone, right next to the line in/out,*of the Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/) CEO's MacBook covered with what looks like tape.
While putting tape over your microphone seems like it could help with security, Mashable tested Zuckerberg's method with clear tape and thicker gaffer's tape, and neither one reduced the microphone's audio pickup — even when doubled up. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/computer-microphone-hack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo (http://mashable.com/2016/06/21/mark-zuckerberg-webcam-cover/) with his computer in the background, it revealed his para**ia about ******s tapping into **t only his webcam, but his microphone, too.
SEE ALSO: NFL Twitter account hacked soon after Drake's, Twitter 'checking' into leaks (http://mashable.com/2016/06/07/nfl-drake-twitter-hack/)
The photo shows the internal microphone, right next to the line in/out,*of the Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/) CEO's MacBook covered with what looks like tape.
While putting tape over your microphone seems like it could help with security, Mashable tested Zuckerberg's method with clear tape and thicker gaffer's tape, and neither one reduced the microphone's audio pickup — even when doubled up. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/computer-microphone-hack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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