Re: [tlug] How to detect unwelcome visitors on my macbook?

[Pietro Zuco <drzuco@example.com>]

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Ulrike Schmidt <ulrike@example.com> wrote:
> I have a MacBook running Snow Leopard. Yesterday, when I was taking a
> little break from work and leaning back to think I suddenly saw a
> movement on my screen. It looked like someone was testing my mouse, but
> it lay motionless on the table.

It happens sometimes. I had that kind of experience and it's the
mouse. It happened with a normal optic mouse, with a magic mouse and
with a trackpad. Apple mouses are really sensible so I think it's an
electric related phenomenon.
Usually the mouse movement is quite erratic, pointing nowhere, and it
happened few times and had no effect.
If someone want's to spy on your computer, the most stupid way to do
it is by some sort of remote-graphical control or VNC. It's like
telling you "hey there I'm gonna spy your computer! :)"

Maybe you shouldn't worry.

Cheers

Pietro


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