I believe that it depends on the model, but after some of the early trojans figured out how to do this years ago, the light is now hardware-wired in some webcam

I believe that it depends on the model, but after some of the early trojans figured out how to do this years ago, the light is now hardware-wired in some webcams. http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6758/can-webcams-be-turned-on-without-the-indicator-light http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6758/can-webcams...