[Casper the friendly G]

Originally Posted by ardyzl1

I happen to know that if a large company does business with U.S. government, they ARE in fact vetted for cyber security. And some companies do take their security more seriously than others. I suspect GM is among the "good guys" if there is such a thing because they have LOTS of government contracts. Probably Chrysler and Ford too. But nobody is perfect.

Also, every laptop has a camera in the middle of the top bezel of the lid. I keep a piece of tape on mine. And some smart TVs also have a camera, usually in that same location, ostensibly to watch eye movements so they can track if you are watching commercials. I'm the kind of guy that has duct tape all over my cell phone, and my TV too. There are several thousand companies buying and selling personal information, You've never heard of most of them. The main thing that saves us from spyware is that the amount of data collected is so enormous that only AI software can analyze it. There ain't no guys huddled around screens in undergound buildings poking though your dossier, there's just too much data wade through.

When hackers do get their script kits, they aren't likely to be worried about you personally, What they might do is unlock your car so somebody can drive it away while you are inside the the movie theater or whatever. These cars are very desirable so I don't think they want to damage or hurt for fun, they want to make a buck. My main paranoid fear is walking out of the store to find an empty parking stall where my car used to be.

Exactly first thing I do with my laptops is turn off the camera and then put tape over the lens along with adding Virus protection and VPN.