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General discussion

Web Cam

Feb 24, 2011 10:28AM PST

I have a HP Pavilion running windows Vista. I can access my computer remotely with my Droid phone. My question is," Is there a way that I can have my web cam on without it showing up on my computer screen?" I want to be able to see who ever is on my computer without them knowing.

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I'm thinking PREY.
Feb 24, 2011 1:12PM PST
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Re; Web Cam
Mar 1, 2011 1:49AM PST

I think it is unable because if you turn on Web cam, the light in the web cam is turn on too, and they can know the web cam is using.

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Web Cam light
Mar 1, 2011 10:40AM PST

I was thinking that too. I'm pretty sure I can figure out who in my family it is by just seeing what site they are on, Thanks for the input.