“Cameras and microphones, I see and hear everything. I do it remotely, and no one knows.”
Device hacker Mitchell says he can hear and see us through our e-devices. He claims to have been doing it for years and has listened to more things than people realise. He’s also been teaching others how to do it — to break into tablets, phones and laptops to receive real-time audio and visual feeds from the private lives of victims who are unaware that their privacy has been breached.
Kurdaitcha (alias), an Australian self-proclaimed tech-hacker, says that phones, laptops and tablets (which are constantly connected to the internet) are vulnerable to a new type of online voyeurism. He says that device hacking is fast becoming a popular form of entertainment, a different kind of covert, dark-web hacking known as Jinkering. Jinkers can access any electronic device remotely — turning on the built-in cameras and microphones without the victim knowing. He says it’s better than watching reality television.
“The stuff I listen to [and see] is totally unscripted, and the devices go wherever people go. I can hear whatever is being said near them. They are perfect bugging microphones because users keep them with them at all times.”
Jinker Kurdaitcha isn’t new to electronic eavesdropping. In the nineties, he says he owned a scanner that could be tuned to cellphone signals. He heard breakups over the phone, hookups, phone sex and employees being sacked. The content was raw and saucy. Kurdaitcha then moved to the internet and jinked online devices.
“In the early days [of the internet I’d have to wait for someone to dial up and log in, but not now. That’s all changed. They’re logged in all the time. I jink an IP address, and then I have a permanent feed from it every day. It’s perfect.”
Think of Jinkering as a device piggybacking. A Jinker hacks a device’s vulnerable port and then accesses its audio and visual components via its software. Everything a victim’s device hears and sees is transmitted directly to a Jinker’s computer.
“Most of us [Jinkers] like to watch [victims], but that isn’t my thing. It’s resource-heavy, and there’s a chance of being discovered. I enjoy a good and simple audio stream. If I hear something juicy, I might turn on the camera to have a quick look, but not always. I listen to audio feeds just the same as you might listen to music.”
When asked why Jinker footage or audio hasn’t appeared online, Kurdaitcha says it all comes down to the code of conduct dark-webbers live by. “You won’t see it because jinkering is seriously secretive. Jinkers won’t share content on the white or grey web, not ever.”
More of this is in my novel SEETHINGS 2. – Michael Forman (Author)
SEETHINGS II follows the return of the Storm Killer as a body on a secluded beach in Moreton Bay, igniting fear and denial. While police dismiss the link, the media doesn’t. Mitchell Felding forms a dangerous bond with a man who understands his darkest impulses. When Natasha enters his life, carrying love letters from her murdered mother, intimacy deepens, and truth closes in. Some futures are inherited. Some have escaped.
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