prodigal1 wrote in
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Larry wrote:
YouToob tried to access my camera and microphone. Ever wonder why?

The video is a distraction while the webpage tries to get access to
your system...damn them all.
were you using a Winblows system when viewing the page? Linux? Mac?
Did you have an app like ActivePorts or ipTraf running? How did you
ascertain this?
Cheers



Er, ah, a little popup window from XP Pro...or Norton Internet Security, I
don't remember which, came onscreen and asked me if I wanted to allow the
webpage access to my camera and microphone ports. Come to think of it, it
may have been a message from the Logitech Camera Assistant or driver that
runs all the while on the system, even when the cam isn't plugged in to a
USB port.

IP traffic is tracked by TCPView from sysinternals.com as well as
SysInternals' great Process Explorer, which tracks all the processes
running, even the ones Micro$not doesn't want you to see...(c;

I shoulda stripped off and clicked OK on the popup, grossing out the entire
staff of whatever server the damned thing was to connect to...(c;

That woulda gotten even!....