hacker: i am spying on you through your webcam

linux user: omg you got it working?
@eri I have never had a webcam that didn't work in Linux
@howtophil it really depends. almost all USB webcams tend to work without issues on account of USB having a standard for it, but built-in cameras on devices are a crapshoot if they aren't connected over USB internally.

@eri @howtophil
real reason webcam doesn't work under linux is because the linux user

#linux
#camera

wrote cron job which deletes device every 30s
18.2%
put tape over camera
38.2%
scratched out traces on the motherboard
10.9%
removed camera and repurposed it to watch the bird
32.7%
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@llewelly @eri @howtophil that reminds me of a video call I had with a client months ago. I invited her in a talk room on my Nextcloud instance. She couldn't get her webcam to work. I feel embarassed and after 5 minutes trying to make it work, I send her another link using another video call solution. Same issue. We decide to chat anyway and after 1 hour, when we're just about to finish she realizes she had some tape on it...
@louischance @llewelly @eri @howtophil I've done that, to. Easy mistake to make.