FBI Director Admits to Covering Webcam with Tape While Attacking 'Unhackable' Devices

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FBI Director James Comey drew the ire of privacy and security advocates after admitting to covering his laptop webcam with tape Wednesday during a speech at Kenyon College.

While being asked about the public’s growing awareness of surveillance during the Q&A portion, Comey stated he began covering his webcam after seeing the practice from “somebody smarter” than him.

“I saw something in the news, so I copied it. I put a piece of tape — I have obviously a laptop, personal laptop — I put a piece of tape over the camera,” he said. “Because I saw somebody smarter than I am had a piece of tape over their camera.”

The comment immediately raised flags for several leading security experts who viewed the remark as an example of blatant hypocrisy. While demanding companies stop providing “unhackable” tech in light of the Apple standoff, Comey is simultaneously using an effective, albeit primitive, method to thwart a surveillance technique utilized by his agency.

Christopher Soghoian, the principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, took to Twitter the following day to point out the director’s faux pas.

Soghoian also drew connections to Comey’s comments regarding Apple’s “warrant-proof” iPhone.

The federal government and malicious hackers have long exploited vulnerabilities in computers (and their users) to spy through laptop cameras.