EZ Jim wrote:
A gentle reminder for Globalmark (if you are still watching this very old thread...) and other readers:
Moving, renaming, or deleting files outside your Username/Documents folder, whether manually or by using OS X Terminal Utility commands like those recommended above, is generally a BAD idea unless you are expert enough to KNOW how your actions will effectyourOS X Mac.
If you are not comfortable using Terminal, you should carefully consider whether to follow Terminal instructions from any but a source you trust.
This is poor advice from a regular contributor to these forums whose answers to questions are often misleading or wrong. In this thread, over the course of multiple years, he has repeatedly betrayed his ignorance of the very real risk of having a built-in camera that is aimed at you, your home, your family, your office, your coworkers, etc., but that you cannot readily disable by some means provided to you either by the computer manufacturer (in this case, Apple) or by the maker of the operating system (also in this case, Apple).
You must summarily disregard assertions he makes about trusted sources because he consistently fails to identify the one source you must trust least of all: him.
As of March 2017, there is no remaining doubt among information security professionals that the Apple iSight and Apple FaceTime cameras built into Apple computers represent a grave risk to the personal privacy of anyone who uses Apple computers. It is grossly irresponsible for anyone giving consumers advice about how to use these devices to still be downplaying the serious threat posed by cybercriminals who can, and frequently do, exploit these built-in cameras for nefarious purposes. Indeed, the ability to spy on users of these devices by secretly commandeering their built-in cameras is now available in commercial software applications that can be purchased from vendors in many different countries.