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I'm actually really surprised about this. Is it really still possible to take photos of someone via their webcam without the webcam recording light turning on?
by bluefirebrand 4y ago
I'm actually really surprised about this. Is it really still possible to take photos of someone via their webcam without the webcam recording light turning on?
I thought those things were hard wired in these days to prevent people spying like this.
- Christophy 4y agoYes, it is possible even with some latest generation webcam designs. A PoC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRU9gGVRzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRU9gGVRzE
- doubled112 4y agoI feel I should lead with we're not watching people at work and we have no plans to. However, people wonder why my work laptop is closed on a shelf, only used from a KVM, with the internal audio devices disabled. If I need to be heard my KVM has a USB audio device I plug in a headset. I don't generally leave it plugged in either.
- Gigachad 4y agoSupposedly the latest MacBook ones can’t do this but you have no way to verify that and some old models had issues. Better to just use a sticker if it matters to you.