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adaml_623 on Jan 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash....

Does this mean that Skype can take snapshots through your web cam whenever it's running? There was a US high school that installed software that did that and got raked over the coals for it.

DougBTX on Jan 31, 2011 [–]

Almost any running application on your computer can use your web cam and your microphones. The only question is whether they do.

adaml_623 on Feb 1, 2011 | [–]

My point was that they can do it and you wouldn't be able to tell as they always have access to the webcam anyway.

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