Comment by gosub100

This is tangential to a comment I read (probably on HN) perhaps a decade ago, when scandals were being reported that laptop webcams could (surprise!) be activated remotely and people/kids being spied on (I think the article was a school-issued laptop disciplining a child from evidence gathered by the webcam at the child's home).

Someone pointed out that, while being watched is creepy, the real damning information on people actually comes from being listened to.