I WFH and got a new laptop from work. I immediately put tape over the camera.
Internal IT reached out and said I had to uncover it. I asked why. they said because they run software that takes snapshots of the camera to ensure I’m the one using the system.
I complied. 👺
I have a standing desk and a ceiling mounted TV as a monitor. kept the new laptop on the desk and a keyboard on the standing part and worked from my TV for a week. it was a hot week. I didn’t wear pants…or underwear or clothes.
they had a weeks worth of saggy sweaty ball pics. IT reached out, awkwardly. “Hey uh…is something wrong?” I play dumb “IDK, is there something wrong?” Silence then, “BTW we talked it over with HR, you can cover your camera.” enthusiastically “Really? Oh man, I appreciate it. My office gets really hot and I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. Thanks for clearing this up for me!”
I have never heard anything else since that day. I mean, what are they going to do? Fire me for inappropriate behavior…in my home?
Seriously. I have a post-it note (just the adhesive strip) over my laptop camera, both work and personal devices.
The work laptop is obvious, company provided laptop with uninstallable software for remote administration that allows full remote control of the machine.
The personal laptop that runs Linux… tinfoil can be quite stylish as headwear when done correctly.
I use foil backed sticky gem stones over the front facing cameras on my phone and tablet and iridescent foil star stickers on the back cameras and on my laptop. My tinfoil hat is gay, lmao.
I don’t get people who leave their web/phone cameras uncovered. Stickers aren’t just for kids yo.
I WFH and got a new laptop from work. I immediately put tape over the camera.
Internal IT reached out and said I had to uncover it. I asked why. they said because they run software that takes snapshots of the camera to ensure I’m the one using the system.
I complied. 👺
I have a standing desk and a ceiling mounted TV as a monitor. kept the new laptop on the desk and a keyboard on the standing part and worked from my TV for a week. it was a hot week. I didn’t wear pants…or underwear or clothes.
they had a weeks worth of saggy sweaty ball pics. IT reached out, awkwardly. “Hey uh…is something wrong?” I play dumb “IDK, is there something wrong?” Silence then, “BTW we talked it over with HR, you can cover your camera.” enthusiastically “Really? Oh man, I appreciate it. My office gets really hot and I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. Thanks for clearing this up for me!”
I have never heard anything else since that day. I mean, what are they going to do? Fire me for inappropriate behavior…in my home?
fuck em. got what I wanted.
I don’t believe a word of it, but it sounds funny. So thanks for the story.
That’s fucking amazing man lmao you are an icon
Seriously. I have a post-it note (just the adhesive strip) over my laptop camera, both work and personal devices.
The work laptop is obvious, company provided laptop with uninstallable software for remote administration that allows full remote control of the machine.
The personal laptop that runs Linux… tinfoil can be quite stylish as headwear when done correctly.
i leave my webcams uncovered so that anyone dumb enough to hack in gets a good look at my stiff nethers.
You do you…in what ever way you wish to take that.
my personal fbi agent is my favorite fan. always there for me.
Fan By Internet.
I use foil backed sticky gem stones over the front facing cameras on my phone and tablet and iridescent foil star stickers on the back cameras and on my laptop. My tinfoil hat is gay, lmao.
Damn kids and your foil backed gem stones and the like, why back in my day all we had was post-it notes, and we were damn glad to have them!