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Oct 31, 2026First seen
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security
- Score
- 39
- Comments
- 40
- Submitted by
- calvin
- Tags
- security
- Site
- daringfireball.net
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Trending history
On Covering Webcams was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 1 check on 1 different day. Its best position was #10 of 25, reached on Oct 31, 01:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 31, 01:51 UTC.
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Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
10
Oct 26today
From the discussion
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I was squarely in the same camp… until WebEx started my video on a call when I didn't want it to, and a nice view of me (and my wife!) in bed wearing pyjamas (I was dialling in from 6 timezones ahead to listen to a town hall meeting) was projected on the wall for everyone to enjoy. I'm not worried about evil malware,…
My threat model isn't malicious attackers as much as incompetence. I use webcam covers in case (1) a program that I trust has some mindblowing lapse in competence and turns on my webcam unexpectedly or (2) I fat-finger a video call button without noticing.
Put me squarely in the don't understand the webcam stickers camp. What's on my screen is 99% more likely to be interesting than what's in front of it. Like, why try to extort me with a video of me picking my nose when you can just remote drive my browser and empty my bank account. And then there's the whole…
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What is the highest rank On Covering Webcams reached?
#10 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Oct 31, 01:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
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It was first seen on Oct 31, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (1 check) since.