[MAC] OverSight - Know When Someone Tries Using Your Webcam/Mic - Free

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  [Deactivated] on 07/10/2016 - 11:13

  +1

  whats the normal price?
  isnt there an LED on all macs that shows the camera is is on?

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    evgpek on 07/10/2016 - 11:16

    OverSight is released today for the first time;

    The malware might access Mac cameras without LED and on a microphone, there is no LED at all..

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      Lukian on 07/10/2016 - 11:50

      +4

      Malware might disable this app..

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        Maverick-au on 07/10/2016 - 11:53

        +3

        Malware might disable this app..

        This might be Malware or it might be suspectable to Malware modifications. Maybe the FBI said that and is actually releasing software to make their job easier? Maybe we should all be less paranoid and exercise common sense?

        I prefer tin foil over tape anyway, seems to keep them away….

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        evgpek on 07/10/2016 - 12:33

        @Maverick-au: "I prefer tin foil over tape anyway, seems to keep them away"
        no it does not -> http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42753000/jpg/_42753699… :)

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  captobvious on 07/10/2016 - 11:40

  +3

  I like being watched.

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    Maverick-au on 07/10/2016 - 11:55

    +1

    I like being watched.

    I like watching you. Do that dance again.

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      captobvious on 07/10/2016 - 13:14

      Extra 10gold coins and I'll do what ever you want big mav

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        Maverick-au on 07/10/2016 - 15:32

        Extra 10gold coins and I'll do what ever you want big mav

        10 cent your way little captain

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        captobvious on 07/10/2016 - 15:42

        @Maverick-au: i love it when you talk dirty to me.

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      iforgotmysocks on 08/10/2016 - 08:16

      +1

      I like watching you watching the captain

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  pitufon on 07/10/2016 - 11:46

  Straight link to software - https://bitbucket.org/objective-see/deploy/downloads/OverSig…

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  Maverick-au on 07/10/2016 - 11:58

  +1

  Straight link to software - https://FBI.gov/oversightsuckerproject/

  Fixed it for you.

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  Newfag on 07/10/2016 - 12:49

  +2

  I personally feel that if anything is going to incriminate you, it's your computer's microphone being tapped, not the webcam:

  • No light on the microphone to indicate recording, and I have not heard of any evidence that people can disable the hardware light on webcams (possibly a government backdoor could do it with input directly from the hardware manafacturers, but still, no evidence)
  • Recording and streaming from the microphone could be done at a minuscule, unnoticeable bit-rate with next to no CPU overhead, where as streaming and recording video to an external server requires far more CPU and bandwidth
  • Voice recognition software vs image recognition software that would be used to automate sifting through collected data are at far different levels
  • Webcams often suck, and require good lighting/good recording environments. True that microphones prefer quiet environments, but unsure if that matters that much
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    Maverick-au on 07/10/2016 - 15:36

    +1

    I personally feel that if anything is going to incriminate you, it's your computer's microphone being tapped, not the webcam:

    Not just the PC microphone. You have microphones in cameras, phones, mobile phones, speakers, products like Google home/Amazon echo etc, smart TVs, intercoms that work through apps, alarm systems, cars and so forth….

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  mccarthyp64 on 07/10/2016 - 12:54

  Not quite sure what the point of more software would be if these hackers can get in without triggering the hardware light

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    evgpek on 07/10/2016 - 13:23

    The hackers are probably doing generic malware and would not be customizing it for the OverSight. So it is just extra level of protection, if OverSight is to trust.
    OverSight is a popup notification, not Led light ;)

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      mccarthyp64 on 07/10/2016 - 23:58

      My point is that some hackers are good enough to get around a hardware notification which is deeper in the workings than any application (especially 3rd party on a Mac). Look up ring3 vs ring0 and also remember that Mac OS tries to keep programs confined as much as possible