blinding webcam

I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam on a
laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have time to make
one myself.
On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam which is equipped with a sort of
spectacle which moves over the lens when the cam is not in use. This ensures
prevention of spying.



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In news:4bf6d115$0$22933$,
Linea Recta typed on Fri, 21 May 2010 20:29:40 +0200:
> I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam on
> a laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have
> time to make one myself.
> On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam which is equipped with a sort
> of spectacle which moves over the lens when the cam is not in use.
> This ensures prevention of spying.

On four of mine, the built in webcam has a green light. Thus you know
when it is on or off. Nobody can see you when the light is off. Does
yours have a light too?

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> In news:4bf6d115$0$22933$,
> Linea Recta typed on Fri, 21 May 2010 20:29:40 +0200:
>> I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam on
>> a laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have
>> time to make one myself.
>> On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam which is equipped with a sort
>> of spectacle which moves over the lens when the cam is not in use.
>> This ensures prevention of spying.
>
> On four of mine, the built in webcam has a green light. Thus you know when
> it is on or off. Nobody can see you when the light is off. Does yours have
> a light too?
>


Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led light on the
laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad daylight. Besides, one never
knows what software tricks are going to be played, disabling the green light
etc. So I need a physical solution. You might call it paranoid?



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In news:4bf6e327$0$22937$,
Linea Recta typed on Fri, 21 May 2010 21:46:43 +0200:
> "BillW50" <> schreef in bericht
> news:ht6ln6$sdg$...
>> In news:4bf6d115$0$22933$,
>> Linea Recta typed on Fri, 21 May 2010 20:29:40 +0200:
>>> I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam
>>> on a laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have
>>> time to make one myself.
>>> On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam which is equipped with a
>>> sort of spectacle which moves over the lens when the cam is not in
>>> use. This ensures prevention of spying.
>>
>> On four of mine, the built in webcam has a green light. Thus you
>> know when it is on or off. Nobody can see you when the light is off.
>> Does yours have a light too?
>
> Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led light
> on the laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad daylight.
> Besides, one never knows what software tricks are going to be played,
> disabling the green light etc. So I need a physical solution. You
> might call it paranoid?

Yes I understand. My ex-GF wanted me to leave mine on all of the time.
And I would throw a towel over my webcam when I was going to take a
shower. lol

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lol

In article <4bf6e327$0$22937$>,
Linea Recta <> wrote:

>Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led light on the
>laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad daylight. Besides, one never
>knows what software tricks are going to be played, disabling the green light
>etc. So I need a physical solution. You might call it paranoid?

A bit of duct tape over the lens?

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> In article <4bf6e327$0$22937$>,
> Linea Recta <> wrote:
>
>>Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led light on
>>the
>>laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad daylight. Besides, one
>>never
>>knows what software tricks are going to be played, disabling the green
>>light
>>etc. So I need a physical solution. You might call it paranoid?
>
> A bit of duct tape over the lens?
>


I don't like that solution very much. It may become very hard to clean the
lens later on.



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"Linea Recta" <> kirjoitti
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>> A bit of duct tape over the lens?
>>
>
>
> I don't like that solution very much. It may become very hard to clean the
> lens later on.

I was going to suggest tape too, though masking tape, but decided not to
because on a second thought it didn't sound like a very cool idea... Anyway,
a tape-based solution would work for me -- on my laptop the lens is so deep
in a hole that tape would never touch it.

If on your laptop the lens is more vulnerable you could tear or cut a small
(meaning something like fingernail-sized) piece of paper or screen-cleaning
cloth, stick it on the tape, and then place the tape on the camera the piece
of paper or cloth facing the lens.


P.V.

In news:4bf8076c$0$22938$,
Linea Recta typed on Sat, 22 May 2010 18:33:44 +0200:
> "Rich Greenberg" <> schreef in bericht
> news:ht7e9e$2ul$...
>> In article <4bf6e327$0$22937$>,
>> Linea Recta <> wrote:
>>
>>> Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led
>>> light on the laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad
>>> daylight. Besides, one never knows what software tricks are going to
>>> be played, disabling the green light etc. So I need a physical
>>> solution. You might call it paranoid?
>>
>> A bit of duct tape over the lens?
>
> I don't like that solution very much. It may become very hard to
> clean the lens later on.

How about one of those small clips they sell in grocery stores and such
to reclose snack bags?

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"Linea Recta" <> wrote in message
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>
> "BillW50" <> schreef in bericht
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>> In news:4bf6d115$0$22933$,
>> Linea Recta typed on Fri, 21 May 2010 20:29:40 +0200:
>>> I wonder, is there some clip on the market for blinding the webcam on
>>> a laptop? Never seen anything of the sort though and I don't have
>>> time to make one myself.
>>> On the desktop I have a Logitech webcam which is equipped with a sort
>>> of spectacle which moves over the lens when the cam is not in use.
>>> This ensures prevention of spying.
>>
>> On four of mine, the built in webcam has a green light. Thus you know
>> when it is on or off. Nobody can see you when the light is off. Does
>> yours have a light too?
>>
>
>
> Indeed it has. (So has the Logitech webcam). But still, the led light on
> the laptop is very tiny and barely visible in broad daylight. Besides, one
> never knows what software tricks are going to be played, disabling the
> green light etc. So I need a physical solution. You might call it
> paranoid?
>
>
>

duh - a small piece of masking, electrical, painter tape over the lens -