I once saw a university thesis defence back during lockdown, one old guy professor was doing a Donald Duck impression and was wearing nothing below the belt thinking that the camera won’t pick it up anyway.
Then he got up to get something… and the thing flopped into view.
I once had someone keep talking on a video call as they took a piss. It was not only audible but incredibly loud.
We usually just do audio in our meetings, but I always leave my headphones in my office if I have to go to the bathroom. I don’t care if I’m muted or not.
I bring my headphones, audio on, and then put my mic close to my toilet so they can hear my opinion of their ideas.
Just today, I recorded a video to provide training and just uploaded it.
What I didn’t realize was that five minutes in, my microphone picked up my sweet child screaming about how she stepped in cat vomit and now theres cat vomit all over the house.
Yeah I’m not doing two takes and wtf microphone, why are you picking up sounds that far away?
I’m preparing to be mocked once people watch that video.
A friend of mine once attended a university lecture where the prof briefly ducked out to the loo… and neglected to turn off their wireless microphone, which was still connected to the classroom speakers.
goddamnit this appeared elsewhere as well but it reminds me of my favourite episode of masameer county.
“what about your cousin? he married a european woman but his genes are so strong all his kids look like monkeys. 'Grandpa! Grandpa! We love bananas! We don’t know why!”
while it blares into the function hall the two recently reconciliated families are dining in.
We all rebel in our own ways
Flashback to when I watched a naked dude go take a dump while broadcasted to the entire company all hands zoom, like 400+ people.
How did this happen? Did he bring his laptop into the bathroom?
He was on a phone, so it’s not like we had a clear full view, it was more like seeing some bits of hairy belly, shoulders, etc. But you could still clearly tell what was going on.
What do you rate the experience as?
1 = poor, 10 = enjoyable
Definitely a 10, we all rode that high for a while.
How could it be anything but a 10?
Fuckin legend
Does he still work there?
And did he get a promotion?
Dunno if he’s still there but he wasn’t fired over it at the time!
Ha, I turn it off for your protection. Do you have any idea what I look like in the morning?
They’ll have a great view of the electrical tape I put over the camera lens the day the laptop was issued to me.
I 3d printed a clip. Bonus, it’s red, so I know what laptop is mine at a distance
Try it mofo, my laptop has a hardware off switch for mic+webcam
Which video conferencing platforms give the host the ability to remotely turn on other people’s cameras?
It’s probably fake, but if this bothers you then you should probably already have a physical cover for your camera.
Electrical or painter’s tape is a cheap and efficient solution.
Big flex though dropping 99 cents on these
(if using the camera more than once or twice a month)
If you have a 3D printer: https://www.printables.com/search/models?q=webcam+cover
I got one for free from one of my first real jobs. They also provided me a laptop with a physical camera switch so they probably just didn’t think it through, they spent several excess cents on the cover.
We know there’s users who want the cover but will never think it’s possible there’s one built in already.
I also unplug it to be extra sure
I just keep mine pointed at the ceiling unless it’s in use
But what about that large spider’s privacy? Come on, show some respect…
The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities… some consider to be unnatural.
Edit: unfortunately it’s fake.
Unfortunately?
That would be such a massive privacy issue that I don’t think any video conferencing software would ever implement that.
Truth Social Live.
Please select all videos with couches to continue.
You mean to finish
ED Vance never does 😢
(Disclaimer: it’s okay if you have ED, this is only directed at couchfoker)
Biological males don’t need to have a hard dick to get off, prostates exist.
But it would be funny.
You underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
…oh so Microsoft Teams?
You underestimate dumbass designers and devs who don’t give a shit
Would make an interesting HR discussion though.
One that allows you to see things that will never be unseen again.
Seems like asking for trouble… and law suits.
All they would see is blackness since my work laptop stays closed. I have an external webcam that I plug in as needed. I also keep it angled up when not in use so, in the very best/worst case where I forgot to unplug it, you get a view of my cieling.
Laughs in hardware switch.
You also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
I’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
I use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
Did you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU.
It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
Laughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
Much easier
Laughs in disabling kernal modual.
Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
Most of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
Laughs in electrical tape.
Laughs in blue painters tape.
Laughs in clamshell mode.
Laughs in not having a camera
Laughs in not having an electronic device.
Your carrier pigeon is doing some serious work today
Dell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.
This is why thinkpads come with physical camera covers.
I just use part of a post-it note.
You can get a little plastic window with sticky on one side and keep it closed when you don’t intend to use the Webcam, my laptop now has one built in for the Webcam which is cool