On 5/18/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
>> Flash can actually access your microphone and webcam without your
>> permission. If that doesn't scare you, I don't know what will.
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> I had no idea Falsh was powerful enough to plug in my microphone and
> webcam. Holy Shit!!!
That's okay as long as you have an unpluggable microphone and webcam.
Those of us with modern laptops do not.
Practically *everyone* has a microphone in their laptop for the past 4-5
years. Webcams are now pretty ubiquitous, but probably only for laptops
1-2 years old.
Back in the days of NeXT computers, after some 3-letter agencies
bought a bunch of them, the standard solution was to put a dummy plug
into the connector, thus disabling the built-in microphone.
I suppose that a small piece of black electrical tape would do well
for disabling the webcam.
carl
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