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How to Disable Your Webcam (and Why)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 380956" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><strong>HowToGeek - <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/210921/how-to-disable-your-webcam-and-why-you-should/" target="_blank">http://www.howtogeek.com/210921/how-to-disable-your-webcam-and-why-you-should/</a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>What Should I Do?</strong></p><p>You should, no questions asked, disable or obscure your computer’s webcam. There is no good reason, especially in light of the numerous documented cases of webcam spying, to leave an insecure recording device permanently accessible and/or active on your computer.</p><p></p><p>Given the ease with which you can, in most cases, permanently disable or remove a webcam if you don’t use it (or use it infrequently) and the ease with which you can temporarily modify it to obscure the lens if you are a frequent webcam user, it makes little sense not to do so.</p><p></p><p>In the following sections we’ll highlight different methods (as well as their effectiveness, ease of use, and ease of reversibility) you can use to disable your webcam.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unplug your USB webcam (physical disconnect external webcam)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disable it in the BIOS</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disable it in the OS (via Device Manager)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cover it up with free/paid solutions</li> </ul><p><em>Visit Source for more options.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 380956, member: 3"] [B]HowToGeek - [URL]http://www.howtogeek.com/210921/how-to-disable-your-webcam-and-why-you-should/[/URL][/B] [B]What Should I Do?[/B] You should, no questions asked, disable or obscure your computer’s webcam. There is no good reason, especially in light of the numerous documented cases of webcam spying, to leave an insecure recording device permanently accessible and/or active on your computer. Given the ease with which you can, in most cases, permanently disable or remove a webcam if you don’t use it (or use it infrequently) and the ease with which you can temporarily modify it to obscure the lens if you are a frequent webcam user, it makes little sense not to do so. In the following sections we’ll highlight different methods (as well as their effectiveness, ease of use, and ease of reversibility) you can use to disable your webcam. [LIST] [*]Unplug your USB webcam (physical disconnect external webcam) [*]Disable it in the BIOS [*]Disable it in the OS (via Device Manager) [*]Cover it up with free/paid solutions [/LIST] [I]Visit Source for more options.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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