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Hi, I have a question.I was wondering if it is safe to talk with another person through the Yahoo Messenger Webcam.Is it possible for someone else to hack his/her way in and spy on the webcam conversation between my friend and I , without both of us knowing it ? Anyone who knows , please reply ASAP..thanks ..
yes. it is possible…. programs exist….
http://www.nhyrvana.com/~nhyrvana/cam2.jpg
is a screen cap of a program doing an anonymous cam view…..So should I get worried now that it can popssibly happen ? That conversation was private … Can people ‘save’ the conversation ? and what would they do to it if they can ?
in yahoo. click file.. save… usually saves transcript…..
also typing /save may save it…….
depends on connection to chat….or they can screen capture…
as for hacking in….
if your worried about someone in the house finding it…..
depends.. you give them a reason to not trust?
could be a keylogger on one of the comps….. if your at work.. very well maybe saved off site for review by boss.. check your employee handbook……..
random folks hacking in….. not likely…. but….. if it was a conference……
SOMETIMES other people can be invited and not accept or decline…….. and just listen to the voice part of chat……..if your worried. stop whatever you are/were doing until you get more info…..
So youre saying that the likelihood of someone from the web just hacking into the webcam conversation between my frien and I is probably low ? I mean , there must be millions of people using the yahoo messenger webcam everyday right ?
BTW , what are examples of the program used to spy on people’s webcams ? and are there any ways to prevent this from happening ?
The chances are very very low.
Unless you know someone who deliberately has something against you, then no one is really interested in you.
Lets look at how they could get you:
You would have to let them view, if you don’t, they can’t view you, and so they can’t save it. IPs are sent now with all cam requests. So it might be possible they’d get your IP, which is not a big thing, especially on dial up where you can reconnect and be assigned a new one. It also means when they make a request, you get their IP.
As for seeing the text, not really a chance at all they can do this, unless the person you was talking to send’s them a transcript.
I wrote this page explaining the IP issue, mainly to put people’s mind at rest, many are misunderstood about what IP is http://www.freddys-utilities.co.uk/ipaddress.php and what can be done with it (not much).
If you are worried, look at the bottom of that page for some recommended security tools such as firewall and GRC’s port probing services.
As for the programs, see andy’s cam grab (free, trials and pay versions available), http://andy.w2s.co.uk
Just take the camera out the back of the pc and put it back in when ya need to use it. If it aint connected they cant see simple
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“yes. it is possible…. programs exist….http://www.nhyrvana.com/~nhyrvana/cam2.jpg
is a screen cap of a program doing an anonymous cam view…..”well nhyrvana there seems 2 be a lil prob!!!! the pic of the s/w u have put there doesnt let the user know who is watching u but lets the user know some1 is watching u!!! also, it asks for the permission bfor connecting!!!! its like using 2 Y! ids, one real and one fake and logging on to both at the same time and chatting with same person by both!!!
I hope you all wont think that I am completely stoopid – but, I really know virtually nothing about secutiry and so forth.
QUESTIONS:
(1) does anyone know a good freeware ANTIKEYLOGGER program? i have a good antispyware {adaware} but it does not catch keyloggers}
(2) is there any way to GUARANTEE that someone will not see you when you log into chat? my wife sez that she can see me come into a room even when i log into messenger “invisible.” (what good is that if it don’t work as advertized?) {NO – i am not spying on anyone, and not trying to be sneaky – just want to visit and be left alone}
(3) is there any way to have this knowledge DUMPED INTO MY HEAD??? dam i hate being ignorant … HELP!!!
thanks
shalom
alex{ps – if i think of any other dumb questions, i’ll ask}
Quote:quote:Originally posted by pasalcosI hope you all wont think that I am completely stoopid – but, I really know virtually nothing about secutiry and so forth.
QUESTIONS:
(1) does anyone know a good freeware ANTIKEYLOGGER program? i have a good antispyware {adaware} but it does not catch keyloggers}
(2) is there any way to GUARANTEE that someone will not see you when you log into chat? my wife sez that she can see me come into a room even when i log into messenger “invisible.” (what good is that if it don’t work as advertized?) {NO – i am not spying on anyone, and not trying to be sneaky – just want to visit and be left alone}
(3) is there any way to have this knowledge DUMPED INTO MY HEAD??? dam i hate being ignorant … HELP!!!
thanks
shalom
alex{ps – if i think of any other dumb questions, i’ll ask}
OK The invisable mode on Yahoo messenger is only on Yahoo messenger! What I mean is that people who have you on thier Yahoo messenger friends list wont see you as online. When you enter a Chatroom it is totally sepporate from messenger. Invisable Mode only means your invisable on Messenger it does not mean you will be invisable in chat. Alex it does work as advertized, what it advertizes is logging into messenger invisable.
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