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It doesn't mean a Webcam in the sense of a camera that broadcasts to the internet, it means a USB camera you can plug into your PC (or any other device that sup
by rjmunro 3y ago
It doesn't mean a Webcam in the sense of a camera that broadcasts to the internet, it means a USB camera you can plug into your PC (or any other device that supports standard USB cameras (UVC protocol).
It will probably even work with something like this UVC->HDMI converter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/OBSBOT-UVC-HDMI-Adapter-Webcams/dp/B0C7433DSK/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/OBSBOT-UVC-HDMI-Adapter-Webcams/dp/... so you can go straight into a video switching device.
- crabbone 3y agoYes. I understand what it means. Do you never plug your phone into a PC for a reason other than wanting to use it as a Web cam? Laptop users literally tape over the Web cam to prevent accidental / malicious uses of that device. Now they'd have to tape over the phone camera every time it's connected to a PC? Seriously?
- rjmunro 3y agoIf you are worried enough to cover your PC camera all the time, why aren't you worried enough to cover your phone camera all the time anyway? And are you OK to connect your phone to your potentially compromised PC with a USB cable in non-camera mode? That seems just as bad or worse. I expect that on most phones you will have to select USB camera mode for it to work (and you'll have to tell it if you want the front or back camera), and it will probably tell you that it's working on the screen.