Ya so you know how people are always totally over paranoid and think people can turn their webcam on without them knowing. They go so far as to cover them with PostIt's or special covers… turns out they weren't really all that paranoid.
A pair of Johns Hopkins researchers recently published a research paper showing that it's possible to control the camera of a mac while keeping the indicator dark.
Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac’s webcam
If you believe common wisdom, it shouldn’t be possible to take over most webcams without alerting users. The indicator LED is supposed to be hack-proof,
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