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A 27-year-old man has been convicted on charges of computer misuse after admitting to hacking into the victims’ computer and phone webcams so he could spy on them and film them in various compromising positions, including undressing and having sex. And, the spying continued for two years!

Video conferencing app Zoom has a major security flaw in its Mac client, letting any website turn on your Mac's camera without a warning. Even if the software issue has now been fixed, how long were people being spied on via their camera before a researcher found the bug? 

The Facebook app for has been activating your devices' camera without your permission. 

If you're worried someone might be watching through your webcam, you're not alone: Seventy-nine percent of US consumers are aware their privacy could be compromised via their laptop webcams. 

Pretty much every laptop – and for that matter, tablet and smartphone – has at least one camera fitted that's pointing at us all the time. But how worried should we be about eyes on us? Can the nefariously-minded switch them on to spy on us?