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1. billhe+W2[view] [source] 2016-04-09 03:48:46
>>molecu+(OP)
Don't almost all cameras activate their "on" light when being used?
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2. JohnTH+p3[view] [source] 2016-04-09 03:58:09
>>billhe+W2
Like phones, most laptop webcams have no "on" light.

You have to trust that the software you have on your device isn't using the microphone and camera without your permission.

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3. nyolfe+c5[view] [source] 2016-04-09 04:38:03
>>JohnTH+p3
you and i have very different experience with webcams. i have yet to see a webcam without an indicator led in my life.
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4. userbi+Lw[view] [source] 2016-04-09 15:24:58
>>nyolfe+c5
You have not seen these?

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-961237-0403-QuickCam-Messenge...

10+ years ago they basically defined what a webcam is (search "webcam icon" and observe the symbology --- appropriately eyeball-shaped), and they don't have any indicators.

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