Without CCTV camera bedroom can go viral
Nowadays, every day there is news of someone’s personal video going viral on social media. When they were asked whether there was CCTV in the bedroom, they denied. In such a situation, how do these videos go viral? Where are videos being made without CCTV cameras and how do they get leaked?
How does video leak from CCTV cameras?
To understand this you have to understand some facts. Many people install CCTV in their homes. These cameras are installed so that the security of their homes is maintained from a distance. In such a situation, there are more chances of the video getting leaked. Because anyone can leak the camera footage. Whenever you go to buy a camera, you forget to check its privacy policy, but this negligence can cost you dearly. You need to check whether the data stored in it is end-to-end encrypted or not. That is, whether the company whose software is installed can read this data or not. If this is not the case then the possibility of your data being leaked increases.
laptop webcam
Now it comes to how data can be leaked without CCTV, then let us tell you that your laptop can become a threat to you. Actually, a webcam is provided in the laptop. You use your laptop in the bedroom. Now bedroom is the most private place for anyone. You will be surprised to know that the webcam of the laptop that you are keeping in your room and breathing peace can be hacked.
The hacker can see all the activities in your bedroom. Not only this, your microphone can also record all this. To avoid this, you should always keep your laptop’s webcam covered. Actually, nowadays most of the laptops in the market come with webcam shutter. If your camera does not have a shutter, you can also apply tape on it.
Smart devices installed at home can become enemies
If you have smart TV, smart speakers installed in your house then you are in danger. Smart speakers are always on, they do not have a camera so they cannot record your visuals but they can record your audio and any hacker can hack your speaker and listen to you. In such a situation, keep the Always On setting of your speaker off. Many people install cameras in smart TVs for video calling, in such a situation, like the web cam of a laptop, these cameras can also be hacked and its data can be leaked. Is. So keep that camera covered.
Some people save their camera’s ID password by default so that anyone else can access it. Remove it by default, turn on two-factor authentication if it’s an option, and set a strong password. Due to the above facts, whether you have a CCTV camera in your bedroom or not, if you have smart devices, So there is always a possibility of video leaking. In such a situation, it is very important to be careful.
