Warning! You Are Being Watched Without Your Knowledge
When NSA contractor the famous(' infamous', 'the hero' ) Edward Snowden revealed that the US government is watching us through the yahoo web chat in a project called, 'Optic Nerve', we got really scared. A Developer from AOL, Mr.Ran Bar Zik has reported the similar situation Now. He insists we could get spied, watched without our knowledge through a UX design flaw in google chrome. If any hacker with malicious intention exploit this flaw, yes. it is possible. User will be not aware that they are being spied. How it Works Presently the modern web browsers like google chrome and mozilla firefox uses a collection of protocols called, webRTC(Web real time communication) protocol for real time audio video communication. Web browsers doesn't need a plugin if they are using webRTC. To protect from unauthorized audio and streaming using this webRTC, browser requests the users to allow particular websites to use webRTC and then to access devices camera and microphone...