IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software

Vapon writes "A lady noticed her computer was running slower after she had brought her computer in to be repaired. She took the computer to a second repair shop where they found that one of the problems was that her webcam would turn on whenever it detected her around and was taking photos and uploading it to a website. The repair technician that installed the software has done this to at least 10 women and has photos of at least one undressing."

Comments

Shoot him

[smooth wombat]

I'm done with people making excuses for why they do things like this. There comes a time when you just have to do what is necessary and remove the cruft from society.

This wasn't a case of doing something silly (writing on your drunk friends face with magic marker), or being mistaken (going down the wrong way on a one way street), this was a deliberate, conscious act undertaken with full knowledge of what would happen when this was done.

We can't keep wasting tax dollars on court cases for stupidity, which is exactly where this case will go. Just shoot him and be done with it.

Re:Shoot him

[fm6]

There comes a time when you just have to do what is necessary and remove the cruft from society.

If I were German, I'd say, Been there. Done that.

Re:It's a valid question

[phio gistic]

Didn't these guys find enough photos of naked women on the internet?

Maybe all that porn watching addled his tiny mind. Maybe he believes he is allowed to do anything he wants to any woman he wants. That's what porn teaches you, isn't it? Porn consumption is all about a power game. This is a natural progression, taking what you learn out into your neighborhood.

Re:Extended warranties are rip-offs - no exception

[citylivin]

Thats one of the reasons I will never buy another apple product ever. They cheat you out of a real warranty (90 day warranty on a $500 ipod?!?!) and there rationelle is "oh you should have baught the extended waranty". Um NO THANKS apple... how about you provide regular standards of support? such as 3 years on a HARD DRIVE based mp3 player. At least 1 god damn year.. jeez..

whats next apple, forcing me to pay for "service packs" to your OS?

when your product is so crap that you NEED to buy an extended warranty because it WILL fail, you know that there is something very wrong there

Re:Speaking of technicians doing things....

[mc900ftjesus]

Apple users are subject to King Jobs' will and must buy His hardware and the only rational choice after that is to pay Him for an extended warranty.

For all of the pluses to Apple, the minuses still tip the scales in favor of anything else.

Link to software?

[NaDrew]

Purely for forensic purposes, of course.