Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, esithombeni esashicilelwa nguMark Zuckerberg kwinethiwekhi yakhe yokuxhumana nabantu ukugubha abasebenzisi be-Instagram abayizigidi ezingama-500, sabona ukuthi inhloko ye-Facebook yayihlanganise kanjani ikhamera nombhobho we-MacBook Pro yakhe. ukuphepha kwekhompyutha yethu lapho sixhuma ku-inthanethi. Ukumboza ikhamera yewebhu bekulokhu kungenye yezeluleko zokuphepha ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ngochwepheshe ukuvimbela noma ngubani ukuthi angene ekhaya lethu ngaphandle kwemvume.
Omunye wababhekele ukuphepha e-United States, umqondisi we-FBI, uthe kufanele sibheke ikhamera yewebhu yekhompyutha yethu lapho singayisebenzisi, engqungqutheleni yeCenter for Strategic and International Studies. Akukhona okokuqala futhi kungeke kube okokugcina ukuthi ukuhlola okukude ngekhamera yewebhu yekhompyutha kuholele ekungenelweni kobumfihlo babasebenzisi abaningi.
Kwakungu-Edward Snowden uqobo owazwisa i-alamu mayelana nochungechunge lwamathuluzi asetshenziswa amazwe ahlukahlukene ukuhlola iwebhu. Lawa mathuluzi abizwa ngeGumfish kanye ne-GCHQ avumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bakwazi ukufinyelela kumakhamera wewebhu wabasebenzisi ngaphandle kokubona kwabo, kanye nokwenza kusebenze imakrofoni yekhompyutha ukwazi ngaso sonke isikhathi okwenzeka phambi kwekhompyutha.
Kusukela kumenyezelwe u-Edward Snowden, abakhiqizi abaningi be-software abasebenzayo belungisa ubuthakathaka obusetshenziswa ohulumeni ukwenza lolu hlobo lomsebenzi. I-Apple, iGoogle neMicrosoft baphuthume ukuyokhipha ama-patches ahambisanayo ukumboza lezo zikhala zokuphepha.
Amanye amamodeli wekhompyutha ephathekayo asinikeza ithuba lokuthi sikwazi ukuslayida ikhava ukuvala ukufinyelela kuyo nokuthi noma ivuliwe, ayikwazi ukubona okuphambi kwayo, kepha imakrofoni iyaqhubeka nokuhlala ivulekile, okusinika Isixazululo samasokisi. Into engcono ukugwema lezi zinkinga ukumboza ikhamera ngophawu oluncane, uma ingenaso isembozo, uyiqondise ngasodongeni futhi ungasebenzi nokufakwa komsindo nge-microphone jack hhayi ngombhobho ohlanganisiwe kukhompyutha.