Common Folk Collective » cameras http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Webcam Hack http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/12/webcam-hack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webcam-hack http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/12/webcam-hack/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:04:23 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5092 The webcam hack that allows for 2008 era MacBooks cameras to be turned on without the indicator light showing has gotten a lot of press. There are suggestions that people cover their webcams when not in use, which isn’t a bad idea. Though I have yet to see anyone mention a few equally as scary items. First your laptop also likely has a microphone which never seems to have an indictor light associated with it. The second is that your phone also has a camera (sometimes two!) and microphone and they rarely have indicator light and you usually carry them with you everywhere.
My webcam has a shutter so I know when it is recording.

My webcam has a shutter so I know when it is recording.

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