So I was on the computer and I heard my webcam take a picture | |
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stoidi (OP) User ID: 40400046 United States 01/01/2014 06:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seriously, is there a way to find out? I was yawning, sort of like now, (it's after midnight). But I do read a lot of threads and follow up a lot of stuff, though I'm not into any groups or anything troublesome. It's just silly that anyone would even do such a thing. But I wasn't using the webcam. We really only use it for Skype with family, occasionally. Awhile back when reading about how you can be monitored, I made a little "hoodie" for the webcam, put a couple of eyes on it as a joke. But I noticed it got warm inside the hoodie, so I took it off. I started to unplug the electric cord to the wifi at noc. I was on the computer when the snap of the webcam happened. One back turns in parting to turn and turn again. Leaving is never going, its circling round the bend. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 51290319 United States 01/01/2014 06:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | finding the responsible person is probably a rabbit hole. it probably ends with spies from the NSA, a malware infection, or something installed by your vendor. There is really nothing you can do about it in any case in my opinion. i can give some direction if you want to try. 1. run a good spyware program and do a google search on everything it finds. 2. Google every task in your task list to check for viruses. 3. Install a program that monitors all IP addresses your computer communicates with and hope it happens again. |
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Eric889 User ID: 44711440 United States 01/01/2014 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I changed the windows sounds around on one of my friends before, each time he would press the the "o" key it would trigger the webcam snapshot sound effect. Needless to say he was freaked out at first. Also, you could always uninstall the webcam driver, or disable it. The most effective remedy is a small piece of electrical tape over the lens, if you don't mind the look of it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52239942 United States 01/01/2014 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i have a bandaid over mine. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51583376 been paranoid about hacking since i first got this laptop. i purchased a separate laptop without a webcam or a microphone, on which to make my internet journeys...it's my cheapie throwaway...peeps can infect this puppy, crash it...whatever they want...I don't use it for anything but web travel. |
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stoidi (OP) User ID: 40400046 United States 01/01/2014 12:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank You all for the info. I will try to followup. I really hope I have not been owned too much. Wow. very good advice. I just got up and am drinking the first New Years coffee. We had fireworks like you would not believe in Hawaii last noc. More than on the fourth. I put the blue tape on it before I went to bed. that's interesting about the o key. One back turns in parting to turn and turn again. Leaving is never going, its circling round the bend. |