Unfortunately, the cameras of smartphones, tablet PCs and laptops are very easy to remote control even for laypeople these days. If you are looking for "mobile phone espionage", you will immediately find numerous providers of software that make it possible to remotely control other people's cameras. With the help of such software, criminals can gain unauthorized access to microphones and cameras on mobile phones, tablet PCs and notebooks; Take picture, video and sound recordings without the victim noticing. Compromising recordings are then often used to blackmail the victim.

But even if no one has actually spied on us, we can become victims! Criminals are increasingly sending extortionists emails claiming a camera has been hacked and threatening to release intimate footage.
The remedy here is to cover the cameras to be sure that such recordings do not exist.

Various camera covers / webcam covers are available on the market. It is often important that these are as small, thin and inconspicuous as possible and that they stick to all end devices. A good camera cover also has a sufficiently large opening for the lens so that the camera can be used with the cover open without the webcam cover interfering with the recording.

In this picture you can see the most common camera covers / webcam covers in comparison.