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Which video conferencing platforms give the host the ability to remotely turn on other people’s cameras?
It’s probably fake, but if this bothers you then you should probably already have a physical cover for your camera.
Electrical or painter’s tape is a cheap and efficient solution.
Big flex though dropping 99 cents on these
(if using the camera more than once or twice a month)
If you have a 3D printer: https://www.printables.com/search/models?q=webcam+cover
I got one for free from one of my first real jobs. They also provided me a laptop with a physical camera switch so they probably just didn’t think it through, they spent several excess cents on the cover.
We know there’s users who want the cover but will never think it’s possible there’s one built in already.
I just keep mine pointed at the ceiling unless it’s in use
But what about that large spider’s privacy? Come on, show some respect…
I also unplug it to be extra sure
One that allows you to see things that will never be unseen again.
Seems like asking for trouble… and law suits.
They’ll have a great view of the electrical tape I put over the camera lens the day the laptop was issued to me.
I 3d printed a clip. Bonus, it’s red, so I know what laptop is mine at a distance
Flashback to when I watched a naked dude go take a dump while broadcasted to the entire company all hands zoom, like 400+ people.
What do you rate the experience as?
1 = poor, 10 = enjoyable
Definitely a 10, we all rode that high for a while.
How could it be anything but a 10?
No audio?
Fuckin legend
How did this happen? Did he bring his laptop into the bathroom?
He was on a phone, so it’s not like we had a clear full view, it was more like seeing some bits of hairy belly, shoulders, etc. But you could still clearly tell what was going on.
Does he still work there?
Dunno if he’s still there but he wasn’t fired over it at the time!
And did he get a promotion?
Laughs in hardware switch.
Laughs in disabling kernal modual.
Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
Laughs in electrical tape.
Most of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
Laughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
Much easier
You also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
I’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
Did you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU.
It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
I use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
Dell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.
I once had someone keep talking on a video call as they took a piss. It was not only audible but incredibly loud.
Just today, I recorded a video to provide training and just uploaded it.
What I didn’t realize was that five minutes in, my microphone picked up my sweet child screaming about how she stepped in cat vomit and now theres cat vomit all over the house.
Yeah I’m not doing two takes and wtf microphone, why are you picking up sounds that far away?
I’m preparing to be mocked once people watch that video.
Meanwhile I’ve forgotten to turn off my music playing on speakers nearby my PC and apologized about my music once I realized only to get “what music?” in response. I’m not sure what sorcery went into this mic design, but it’s great!
Edit: Also, use an audio editor to record that so you can splice different takes together. It allows you to get each part perfect rather than having to decide at some point that it’s good enough because you have to record the whole
