Don’t Let Spy Cams And Hackers Be The Next Threat — Tips For Safe Remote Working In An Age Of COVID-19.
Beware of webcam hackers and other Internet threats.
COVID-19 has forced many of us worldwide to work from home all of a sudden.
Clients whom I have been working for have been compelled by stricter governmental measures both in Singapore and abroad to shift to ‘all-remote’ working arrangements.
In our scramble to find viable (and hopefully free) tools to conduct our business meetings and transactions online, we might have overlooked the fact that online web hackers and their prevalence might make or break the personal and professional privacy that we desire.
This is especially so in an uncertain era such as the one we are living in right now.
Many of these online hackers can gain unwanted access to our cameras on electronic devices such as laptops, home security system as well as smartphones.
With these channels, hackers can clandestinely gain information about you o elicit more personal data or simply to spy on you.
With huge numbers of people working from home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak both in Singapore and beyond, hackers have an open field to target unsuspecting individuals who are not tech savvy enough…
