The Rand Paul campaign is selling an "NSA Spy Cam Blocker" for your laptop
Most laptops today have a built-in camera above the display. And most of those have a small light next to them that is supposed to turn on to alert the user when the camera is active. But a couple of years ago, researchers discovered that this doesn't always work; hackers can activate the camera on certain MacBook models (and probably some other laptops) without enabling the light and tipping off the user.
Ever since writing that story, I've had a precautionary Post-it Note over my laptop's camera. Newly minted presidential candidate Rand Paul is using concerns over laptop camera privacy to promote his campaign:
Paul's campaign has dubbed this the "NSA Spy Cam Blocker," urging supporters to "stop hackers and the NSA with this simple camera blocker."
I don't think there's been any proof that the NSA spies on people using webcams, but this isn't a crazy concern. We've known since 2013 that the FBI had technology to remotely activate targets' webcams and stream images back to the authorities.
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8361429/rand-paul-nsa-laptop
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Also I'd use a gold bug outlined with tree nuts as a campaign button complete with murky references to white supremacist groups and flannel shirt wearing libertarians carrying leather-bound copies of Ayn Rand's lesser known works. We could have twitchy people sitting at folding tables outside all the Post Offices shouting anti-Gubbermint slogans at trees, dogs, and passing cars! Rand, Call me!
Place your Rand Paul Chia Pet in front of your laptop, it will drive the NSA crazy.
I saw an article on this today.
There was also this picture explaining how dumb people are if they buy this thing;
