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miceterminator
Asked: 2012-06-19 16:23:41 +0800 CST

See what application uses the webcam Data

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I have a c270 Logitech webcam and I just noticed, that the LED is on, indicating that the webcam is recording. However there is no application (I would be aware of) using the webcam. So how do I find out how and what activated it?

System is ubuntu 12.04 with the 3.4 rc 4 kernel

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    You can use lsof to track back what is accessing a file. I, personally, have a homebrew app that uses lsof and an underlying API to let me know when something opens my webcam.

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