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Frighteningly, it's possible to hack into a computer and turn on the camera without triggering the green light: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/11793
by mikeleeorg 8y ago
Frighteningly, it's possible to hack into a computer and turn on the camera without triggering the green light:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/117937/how-to-use-isight-webcam-without-activating-the-green-light https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/117937/how-to-use-...
https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/36569 https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/36569
And some news articles about these methods:
https://www.cultofmac.com/258855/alarming-study-shows-macs-camera-can-secretly-spy/ https://www.cultofmac.com/258855/alarming-study-shows-macs-c...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18...
- eddyg 8y agoThis was only true on old Macs (those manufactured until roughly 2008). No recent models have been proven to be susceptible to this type of hacking.