Electronic privacy advocates and law enforcement are growing more worried by the availability of computer technology known as "snoopware," which could be used by criminals to monitor a person's computer usage.
The devices in question could allow someone to use the Internet to see the screen you see, log your keystrokes and even activate your computer's Webcam, The New York Times reports.
That means someone you don't know could find out what you last typed and see what you are wearing today.
"Anybody who routinely uses a computer that isn't their own ought to be thinking, 'Who's looking over my shoulder?'" Ross Stapleton-Gray, a computer consultant, told The Times.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/03/tech/main571296.shtmlAnd those of you who are using your brains might be able to figure out that the FBI and CIA have had this ability for at least 5 years.
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