In the interest of privacy and security, how can I check to see if my camera is collecting data? The obvious answer expected, is the green LED is illuminated. Other indicators or monitors would be more meaningful. Thx
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
chromajeddapher wrote:
In the interest of privacy and security, how can I check to see if my camera is collecting data? The obvious answer expected, is the green LED is illuminated. Other indicators or monitors would be more meaningful. Thx
Unless you like doing things the hard way, the obvious answer is the appropriate one: OS X KnowledgeBase: Use the built-in camera.
If you want to go to more trouble, launch Mac's Activity Monitor utility and monitor the VDCAssistant process to see if it being used:
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Mac OSX 10.11.4
chromajeddapher wrote:
In the interest of privacy and security, how can I check to see if my camera is collecting data? The obvious answer expected, is the green LED is illuminated. Other indicators or monitors would be more meaningful. Thx
Unless you like doing things the hard way, the obvious answer is the appropriate one: OS X KnowledgeBase: Use the built-in camera.
If you want to go to more trouble, launch Mac's Activity Monitor utility and monitor the VDCAssistant process to see if it being used:
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac OSX 10.11.4
TThank you Jim! Thought the Activity Monitor was the place to go, but spent too much in help files to locate name. Knew there were many experts like you out there.
Thanks again!
jedd
YW, jedd.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac OSX 10.11.4
MacBook Camera
