Android camera bug let hackers spy on users even if phone is LOCKED & screen is OFF

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    I know a guy that's been doing that for 20 years or more with his home computer.
    He's the one that told me to put a sticker or post-it-note over the camera lens on my computer screen.
     
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    I hate how laptops and monitors come with a built-in camera. If I want a webcam I'll buy one.
     
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    Ducttape of the electrical black kind. Camera sees nothing, knows nothing.
     
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    Meanwhile Google is watching us all as we are pooping and reading ttr.
     
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