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Lens cap

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:30:01 -0500

The Logitech Quickcam pro 5000 has a flip-over lens cap, one of the reasons I purchased it. Not sure about the others though.

The iSight is a good start...

Zed — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:10:28 -0500

... and I thank you both for bringing it to my attention, but what about the rest? This really should be a standard feature.

Nonetheless, I'll update the entry.

Lens Caps

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:47:33 -0500

The iSight has a built-in shutter in front of the lens that is manually controlled. When closed it is white and stands out so that you know it is in place.

They do come with caps!

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:00:12 -0500

Apple's iSight has a iris over the lens - twist the top, and it closes the lens!

Why not to have a webcam in your bedroom

Zed — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:49:52 -0500

A lot of webcams are horribly insecure by default. This doesn't mean that they should never be used; there are a lot of situations where it really doesn't matter who sees what the camera is seeing, and experts may very well get it right. A lot of people will get it wrong, however (either by misconfiguration or by insufficient security elsewhere) and Bruce Schneier wrote an entry on a Register article about a couple of cases that have made it through the UK courts recently dealing with hijacked computers and webcams.