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I recently did it with the front facing camera of my phone. The back facing camera always points into the table. I feel uncomfortable undressing myself with that 'eye' staring at me (crazy times we live in ;p). I mean, this is one of those security measures that cost you basically nothing (a sticker) and can save you a huge ache in the unlikely case that someone is actually recording - why not do it?

>>Kenji+(OP)
That seems a little silly to me. A laptop camera is normally facing into the room, but the camera on your phone will normally be facing upwards, so surely you have nothing to worry about unless you are standing naked over your phone.

Actually, that's given me a great idea to secure my phone from hackers. Stand over it naked and waggle my sack about - that's one camera they'll never ever hack again lol

>>Digit-+g1
Every time you use your phone your camera is on your face. Facial microexpressions could be automatically detected and analyzed based on the content the user was viewing at the time. This information could provide a detailed emotional picture of the individual as it relates to different stimuli.

>>alanwa+e6
Starbug (CCC hacker) recently found something even better.

You can use the reflection in the eye as keylogger for, say, PIN entry dialogs.

>>kuschk+Di
If you've already got access to the camera, would it not in many cases be trivial to have access to the keyboard?

>>alanwa+vW
Not when apps implement their own keyboard, for example, PayPal.