Shoutbox

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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Was she still at her computer when you saw her? if so her computer wasnt off lol. Most likely she didn't exit out of the webcam session even though she thought she did.

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

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lol if there is no power going through your pc, the webcam can't function.

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...