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webcam LED, hardware or software?


To my knowledge most webcams are equipped with a LED which will turn ON if the webcam is being used.

I was wondering if a software can avoid the LED behing activated or if it's built-in electronic.

In other terms : If my webcam LED is off does it means 100% nobody is using it ? Remote or local.


Solution

  • If my webcam LED is off does it means 100% nobody is using it ?

    No. It does not. For example I have 2 brands of webcam (I think one is a copy of the other) and I can disable the LED through the camera's built in web API.