From two-step passwords to encrypted What’s App messages, online security is a top priority for most paranoid people.
But when it comes to the government watching every move, it seems the population is taking a more mellow approach.
And now Twitter is been flooded with hilarious anecdotal evidence from people who are convinced FBI agents are watching them through their webcams.
Eye spy: Twitter has been flooded with people sharing jokes about being watched by government spies
Friendly: The tweets are mostly positive with many people sharing they have conversations with their FBI agents
Full disclosure: Although the FBI has never confirmed it is watching citizens this way, former FBI Director James Comey admitted to using tape to cover his webcam in 2016
Taking to the micro-blogging site, Twitter user @LoganBerryz wrote: ‘My assigned FBI agent checking my webcam and seeing that I’m still bopping music and drinking coffee in my underwear when I have to be at work in 12 minutes’.
While @missskylerb shared: ‘dawg I’ve had my built in webcam covered with masking tape for a solid four years now. It’s been awhile since my FBI agent has seen me binge eat and have five mental breakdowns in one week’.
A sentiment shared by @micaylazugelder who wrote: ‘I’m not single… I’m in a committed relationship with the FBI agent watching me through my laptop webcam— maybe he will hmu [hit me up] and come with me to crush so I won’t have to find a real date’.
Sensible: Comey also shared covering a webcam with tape is the most ‘sensible’ thing to do
Story time: Lots of people have tweeted hilarious fantasy exchanges with their FBI agents
Binge: They have also shared how their FBI agents are probably privy to their bad binge watching habits
While @cottoncandaddy joked: ‘[looking into my webcam] alright FBI I know you’ve been watching me google ‘last minute gift ideas for mom’ for the last hour so like anytime you wanna chime in with suggestions that’d be nice’.
Others have even claimed to have communicated with the agents on the other end of the lens.
Twitter user @zacjones13Me joked: ‘*is taking selfies with my laptop webcam*phone rings*. FBI agent: Turn a little to the right, your left is your good side. Me: Thanks, man! GET IT?! THIS SURVEILLANCE STATE WE LIVE IN IS NOW A GREAT SOURCE OF COMEDY HAVING NO PRIVACY IS FUNNY NOTHING MATTERS’.
Show and tell: One woman even made a video of herself to show people on Twitter what her FBI agent sees every day
Blocked: Another tweeted about feeling guilty for leaving their FBI camera spy out in the cold by masking the camera with tape
Hard to get: Another took to the micro-blogging site to suggest FBI agents feel rejected when the webcam is blocked
And @lilyzella shared: ‘me, peeling tape off webcam: hey guys whats apoptosis mean? little FBI voice within my computer: programmed cell death. me: thanks roger. tell the family happy holidays. roger, the FBI man: will do. please get more sleep’.
While there is no hard evidence the FBI are monitoring civilians via webcams, former FBI Director James Comey admitted to using tape to cover his webcam in 2016, and advised others that it was the ‘sensible’ thing to do.
And in June 2016, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg inadvertently revealed his laptop had tape over the webcam when he shared a picture of himself sitting at his desk.