I have just encountered a really strange thing...I was in a conversation with someone and we had our webcams on and a call too...my friend was leaving and turned off her pc. the strange thing is that her pc was off and even a small light that turns on when the cam is on, was off, but i could still see her on the wlm window on her webcam. the pc was still plugged in to the electricity. what i am guessing is the reason maybe because she uses a router too but then i think that that would only happen in a LAN(which happened to me once)....has anyone ever encountered this? it's really unsecure and should be fixed asap as you think you have your pc off so you think the webcam is off too...while it is still on and anyone can see you.

thanks

Did you see her naked or anything?

haha no...and she is my girl so I see her naked by my side not on a webcam

but I called her as i thought she didn't want to speak to me as I still saw her online

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Originally posted by bradyramone
haha no...and she is my girl so I see her naked by my side not on a webcam

but I called her as i thought she didn't want to speak to me as I still saw her online

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no lol...she turned off her pc...shutdown...and she was putting away stuff on her desk so I thought she was still on her pc. and when I called her she said her pc was off and then I told her to unplug it and the cam froze..

It's impossible for the webcam to function correctly when the PC is turned off, even if it is still being powered via the USB power supply. The fact is, the data has nowhere to go, nothing to process it. It wouldn't make it to the network card let alone the router and then the internet.

The most likely explanation is the the computer was asleep, not off

I know even i can't really beleive it...but I am 100%+ sure it happened like I said

where is the option of "you're a moron" ?

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I know even i can't really beleive it...but I am 100%+ sure it happened like I said

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maybe there is power in the webcam...for example when i turn the wall plug on...the optical mouse red light turns on even when the pc is off...so there may be power in the webcam


llol i know you think this is crazy...even I do...but it just happened...I will ask her to do the same thing when she comes back so I can see it again and tell you if it happened...

think you need to read my post again.

computer turned off means no harddrive
no harddrive means no windows
no windows means no messager &/or drivers for the webcame to work

* toddy guesses what you actually did was turn the monitor off

listen mate....I am a computer programmer so I guess I know what that stuff is huh?

I mean I know what you are trying to say but it just happened!!

a computer programmer who doesn't know how windows works, lolz

Ok mr knowitall...first of all stop saying that i dont know how a pc works...i know i am not a pro but i have a very good idea of it...

Second is that i dont think my girl is that dump that she thought her pc was off while just her monitor was...

Last thing i will tell her to do this again and i will record it on video and show it to you!!

Hope that will stop you from thinking i am dumb!!

I opened this thread because i thought there was anyone that had an idea why this happened not telling me that i dont know what i am doing!!

"Second is that i dont think my girl is that dump"

lol.

If the computer is not on, there is no way the webcam can be on, end of story. What do you want us to say? it was magic?

Your gf is most likely putting the comp in sleep without knowing.

OMFG! It's a virus! ¬_¬

The mouse light is powered by the USB as I said about your webcam. HOWEVER, the mouse DOES NOT WORK when the PC is OFF does it? No, because the OS isn't running and more importantly, there are NO DRIVERS for it do anything.

HER PC WAS STILL TURNED ON... fucking "programmer" can't figure the simplest thing out.

js code:

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if(pc_power === false && webcam_power()){
    webcam_is_off_retard();
}else if(pc_power === false && !webcam_power()){
    var ohnoesvirus = true;
    try{
        var ret = fool_everyone();
    }catch(bradyramone){
        Debug.Print("bradyramone was caught out");
        return "Not a very good programmer";
    }
    return "Oh yeah, it WAS still on";
}else if(pc_power === true){
        //Most likely cause
        return "ITS STILL FUCKING ON DUMBASS";
}

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EDIT: Fixed code. I know it's not real, but I'm not gonna stand here and have broken code

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EDIT: Fixed code. I know it's not real, but I'm not gonna stand here and have broken code

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u stand at your computer? you're stranger than the kid in question

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Damn ok lol say whatever you want i just know it happned...but i will show you a video of that whEn i have time 

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I squat

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Damn ok lol say whatever you want i just know it happned...but i will show you a video of that whEn i have time 

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Damn ok lol say whatever you want i just know it happned...but i will show you a video of that whEn i have time 

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I also notice he's the only one that was worried about it, just after I was gonna put the only reason to be scared is if it happened the other way around and you were pounding

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There could be 3 explanations!
1. She is used to working with a mac, which when you click the on off button on the monitor, it turns the computer off, and then when she switched to PC, she thought it was the same. Thus turning her monitor off and not her computer like she thought she did (unlikely, but a possibility)

2. You found a glitch in the Matrix

3. Jesus didnt want the conversation to end, by unplugging the computer you made jesus sad. Now look what youve done.

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which when you click the on off button on the monitor, it turns the computer off, and then when she switched to PC, she thought it was the same

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Jesus didn't want the conversation to end,

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no i am sure she knows that turning off the monitor doesn't turn off the pc...she has never used a mac mate... and it's not her first time that she turned off a pc

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no i am sure she knows that turning off the monitor doesn't turn off the pc...she has never used a mac mate... and it's not her first time that she turned off a pc

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It is physically impossible for the webcam, connected via the computer to the network, to keep on functioning when the PC is turned off.

When the PC is turned off there is no power to its internal hardware and thus there is no software running. There needs to be power in order for a PC to function.
A normal webcam needs to have at least a driver running on a running operating system, this also includes RAM. When the PC is off there is no OS running, there is no RAM, there is no driver. None of these means no picture...

Note that turning a PC off might take a while (especially if updates are being installed), in which during that time a webcam picture may continue to broadcast for a very short while.

So if it happened it very obviously means the PC was _NOT_ (yet) off at that time.

Again, it is physically (as in 'laws of nature') impossible for a webcam to function when the PC is turned off.

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no i am sure she knows that turning off the monitor doesn't turn off the pc...she has never used a mac mate... and it's not her first time that she turned off a pc

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Check explanations 2 and 3.

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where is the video ?

I can't do it today because ofc i have to be at her house with my laptop to show both pcs...maybe tomorrow...
and pls stop telling me how a pc works...i know that for a webcam to work the pc has to be turned on...and just the cpu can't execute instructions by the cam's driver while it is off, not mentioning the other hardware such as the RAM too...so it is not that possible that the webcam works....

BUT I JUST SAW IT HAPPENING...i came here for an explanation for why could it happen not of how a pc works...!!! i just know how it works, and thats why i asked because i know its not possible but it just happened... and if you have no idea of why it happened then don't blame me that I dont know what i am talking about...just dont say anything

thanks

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BUT I JUST SAW IT HAPPENING...i came here for an explanation for why could it happen not of how a pc works...!

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I know even i can't really beleive it...but I am 100%+ sure it happened like I said

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i will tell her to do this again and i will record it on video and show it to you!!

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Occam's Razor...

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Occam's Razor...

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This entire thread makes me sad.