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Comment by crummy

6 years ago

Yes. Try this link from the article to see it in action if you have (or had) Zoom installed: https://jlleitschuh.org/zoom_vulnerability_poc/

WARNING, this will open a video chat with random strangers, and will turn your webcam on. Consider yourself warned!

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peterburkimsher  6 years ago

If you want to test it without using your real webcam, I recommend CamTwist [1]. The author is in the group video call now. I joined for a short minute, and was relieved to see that my real webcam wasn't being used.

Normally I use CamTwist so I can write subtitles on top of my video feed when chatting with my gran. It seems it's also a good layer of extra security!

[1] http://camtwiststudio.com/

userbinator  6 years ago

WARNING, this will open a video chat with random strangers, and will turn your webcam on. Consider yourself warned!

Amusingly enough, this actually exists as a product:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omegle

(Edit: just noticed it's already been around for over 10 years. That's rather amazing.)