Indeed, the devices the researchers studied were similar to Mac Books involved in a notorious case in Pennsylvania in 2008.
Most laptops with built-in cameras have an important privacy feature — a light that is supposed to turn on any time the camera is in use.
But Wolf says she never saw the light on her laptop go on.
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail.
The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop.