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By mentioning her weight you are implying that heavy set people aren't attractive. It's really insulting. I'm sure if she read your post her feelings would be hurt. It's just not nice.
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So: it's okay to laugh at people who are
stupid, about the FBI tapping their phones, but appearance--specifically obesity--is bad?
I wrote a rather lengthy response to this, but I've decided I'm just going to say this: the cognitive dissonance about obesity, and political correctness, in the US, is bloody appalling.
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You seem to think of a webcam as as stationary on a desktop but the truth is they are everywhere on your phones, tablets, laptops not only do they record sight but sound as well but I know someone who was hacked and her kid picture posted in one of those kiddie porn sites so yes it's a real security issue and the hackers are getting bolder everyday.
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And, if people persist in treating their computers like toasters, then yes--they'll probably have these issues. The WEBCAM didn't hack your friend, and take images, presumably from her image directories. That's just same-old, same-old hacking. What part,
specifically, what role, did the webcam play?
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I too use to roll my eyes about it till I saw it happen to someone I know then researched about how more common it's getting.
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I run a slightly insane number of firewalls, at multiple ingress locations. I think it's irresponsible to do anything less. If I get hacked, I get hacked. However, let's not confuse "webcam hacking" as some different type of thing that happens in a vacuum. Generally speaking, the ENTIRE system has been hacked, giving the hacker control over the computer--not simply the webcam. They (the computer owner) open a virus, download a RAT--and the being-controlled webcam is a
SYMPTOM of a much, much larger issue. Webcams don't open and download rats by themselves. They don't install themselves on computers with unsecured wifi connections and broadcasting beacons.
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