If you’re worked about hackers or people spying on you through your webcam, it may be time to pick up a webcam cover for your computer. According to the latest research, more and more people have had ...

Get your laptop, painter's tape, and roll of aluminum foil ready. Here we go. Cut two two-inch strips of aluminum foil, about ...

We’ve all seen the movies or TV shows where some unfortunate sap was monitored through his laptop camera and then is blackmailed or worse. While it sounds far-fetched, covering the webcam on your ...

Some experts see webcam covers as a final safeguard, while others don't see them as useful at all. (Photo: sorbetto via Getty Images) If you are paranoid about people seeing things they should not ...

If you're still working from home like much of the world during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, you may be taking certain steps to boost your cybersecurity during frequent Zoom meetings, like ...

Now, it’s easy to imagine hackers wanting access to both the F.B.I. Director’s laptop as well as Mark Zuckerberg’s Macbook Pro, but would they want to access the webcam on a random person’s computer?

A new company called Striiiipes — yes that’s not a typo — launched leather webcam covers on Kickstarter earlier this month that have already exceeded their funding goal. Granted, that goal was only ...

When asked this week if he still covers the webcam on his laptop, FBI Director James Comey responded, "Heck, yeah." (J. Scott Applewhite) Mark Zuckerberg created a stir a few months ago when a widely ...

With folks in parts of the U.S. beginning to go back into the office after working from home for months, Apple has an important reminder: Don’t close your laptop while using a webcam cover. While the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. It’s officially the Zoom era. As COVID-19 took hold across the world, ...

If you are paranoid about people seeing things they should not while you’re working, you may be wondering if you need a physical camera cover over your computer lens. Several high-profile public ...