And that was disable via software in a recent scandal with schools spying on kids: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9158818/Pennsylvania_schools_spying_o

And that was disable via software in a recent scandal with schools spying on kids: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9158818/Pennsylvania_schools_spying_on_students_using_laptop_webcams_claims_lawsuit http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9158818/Pennsylvania_... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_... On the laptops the LED was hardwired to camera power but the software go around it by momentary activating the camera and taking pictures. You would only get a rather slight flicker occasionally.