Pope Francis spotted with sticker over his iPad selfie camera to block snooping hackers
The leader of the Catholic Church is being extra careful amid fears hackers could use your iPad camera to snoop on you
THE POPE has covered up the front-facing camera on his iPad in an apparent bid to dodge internet surveillance.
The religious figurehead — who goes by @Pontifex on Twitter — is certainly not shy of the web with 10.2 million followers across social media and his very own Instagram account.
But pictures have revealed how the leader of the Catholic Church fears spies could use his Apple device to watch his every move.
He was spotted using an iPad with the sticker over the camera during the Angelus prayer at the Vatican in Poland in July 2015 but the snaps have just emerged online thanks to an eagle-eyed security researcher.
It has been shared thousands of times since internet policy researcher Collin Anderson stuck it on Twitter on Tuesday.
And it appears Pope Francis is not alone in his Apple camera paranoia.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also has a sticker over his Macbook camera to block out snoopers.
The Pope has taken an interest in the tech entrepreneur, and entertained him at the Vatican in August last year.
It’s feared that several high-profile names and government officials are at the top of a hacker hit list.
Cyber crooks could use private videos and pictures to blackmail or even steal their identities.
And everyday Brits are also at risk, with spy cams and ransom viruses at an all-time high.
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People were advised to cover up their webcams and Smart TV cameras in case the devices were being streamed live elsewhere.
One couple was horrified to learn their night time activities had been streaming on a pornographic site after their webcam was hacked.
It’s likely they had downloaded the malicious software that allowed snoopers to stream their activities in a phishing attack.
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