Can the webcam work even if its indicator is off?

Question

Malware

Can the webcam work even if its indicator is off?

Answer 1

It is impossible to determine even using the probabilistic indicator of the assessment, because it completely depends on the circuitry for indicating the operation of a particular camera.

Answer 2

Easy. The indicator can:
- burn out
- be turned off by software
- be stupidly bitten off, but left in place

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

Of course it can, the LED can simply burn out, so there are no guarantees when working with unknown Chinese hardware.

Answer 5

Yes, the camera can shoot with the diode turned off, read about DLP searchinform, where they are embedded in the camera driver, but of course not all cameras can