PSA: No, You Shouldn't Cover Your Phone's Selfie Camera

The Mashable author whose article I wrote about earlier this month, Jack Morse, is back with yet another terrible piece highlighting his inept understanding of digital privacy and security. You do NOT need to cover your phone’s front facing camera (at least not if you have an iPhone, which you probably do if you care about decent selfies in the first place). The only decent reason he gives for suggesting you do this is the FaceTime bug from earlier this year, which was patched in just a few days and extremely obvious when it happened to you; it was definitely a cause for concern, but not a reason to carve up a post-it note with an X-Acto knife to make yourself a selfie cam cover as he ludicrously suggests. Seems like Jack Morse has a habit of shameless fear mongering to drive clicks, which is NOT how we’re going to make the digital world safe for consumers again.