Newly released malware PlaceRaider sounds like science fiction: It’s Android malware designed to build 3-D models of users’ apartments for burglars and assassins. But PlaceRaider–developed by a team at Indiana University–is very real. The new malware was built as an academic exercise, and it exposes security flaws that government agencies would love to use. More importantly, it also exposes unintended mobile functionality that large companies like Google could easily monetize.

via New Android Malware Is A Burglar’s Best Friend | Fast Company.

Note again that this is a proof of concept and not actual malware in the wild.  It does inspire me to cover any phone or tablet camera with some kind of opaque tape.