{"id":9215,"date":"2017-12-01T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/?p=9215"},"modified":"2017-12-01T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:49:21","slug":"shieldapps-software-innovations-deploys-first-standalone-webcam-microphone-blocker-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/shieldapps-software-innovations-deploys-first-standalone-webcam-microphone-blocker-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"ShieldApps Software Innovations Deploys the first standalone Webcam and Microphone Blocker for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Taken from a PR release &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0November 20, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Following up on the webcam blocking feature\u2019s overwhelming popularity with the recent launch of its Identity Theft Prevention product, ShieldApps quickly responds with a standalone product, available for Windows and Android devices.<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ShieldApps Webcam Blocker, <\/strong>ShieldApps\u2019 most recently deployed product, prevents and blocks any attempt to breach a computer\u2019s webcam and microphone \u2013 a phenomenon with a worrying growth in popularity among hackers and information-phishing 3<sup>rd<\/sup> parties.<\/p>\n<p>The newly added software provides the users with a single click protection option, effectively blocking any access attempt to the webcam and microphone both externally and by locally installed applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe digital black markets and forums on the Dark Web sell access to compromised webcams for as little as $1. Furthermore, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> party advertisers and analytics companies are utilizing security breached apps and advanced technologies to listen-in on users\u2019 activity, gather data \u2013 and provide a more user-tailored advertising and experience. Our customers can\u2019t have that, and will settle or nothing less than complete privacy.\u201d- said <strong>Moshe Layani, ShieldApps Software Innovations President<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>ShieldApps Webcam Blocker is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/products\/shieldapps-webcam-blocker\/\">https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/products\/shieldapps-webcam-blocker\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Taken from a PR release &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0November 20, 2017) Following up on the webcam blocking feature\u2019s overwhelming popularity with the recent launch of its Identity Theft Prevention product, ShieldApps quickly responds with a standalone product, available for Windows and Android devices.. ShieldApps Webcam Blocker, ShieldApps\u2019 most recently deployed product, prevents and blocks any attempt to breach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9216,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9215\/revisions\/9216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shieldapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}