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Webcams on Laptops - why?

God
Grafter
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

A standard user can't disable / enable it without an administrative password.
mal0z
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

Makes you wonder about the security issue.
I mean who knows who might be watching you -  Wink Wink Wink
God
Grafter
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

They are unlikely to see anyone type the password through the haze of black nail varnish.
Bud
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

I would imagine you can disable the camera in the BIOS.  I have seen the option on a few laptops.
Lurker
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

Yeah, I mean, camera's are really dangerous if not disabled.
Personally I prefer the education option, rather than the cotton wool and hope nobody else ever peels back the cotton wool approach.
YMMV
God
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

I think some of these Linux users see a problem with Bill having their home under surveillance 24/7 from their webcams. I mean he is really sneaky, those laptop lid cams don’t even light up to let you know he is watching you, well there is a little light, but when they install windows at the factory Bill gets them to paint over it with black nail varnish.
VileReynard
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

A lot of PC's are infected with the Windows virus which comes in a variety of forms - Windows.XP, Windows.3.1, Windows version 7 etc
It's very pervasive. Grin Grin

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mal0z
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

Are there inbuilt programs in XP/Vista that can display what the webcam is viewing ?
I've never had need for a webcam
VileReynard
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Re: Webcams on Laptops - why?

I believe that programs such as Messenger could do this.  Grin
Actually, the point is that I don't want my kids wasting many hours gossiping on chat lines.
The text version is bad enough!

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