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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:29 pm    Post subject: web cam :-( Reply with quote

Is this possible either as a function of OS X or as an exploit-

To access the web cams on iBooks from another workstation running OS X. So effectively being able to see what someone else is doing.

A manager at one of the sites I administrate has told another end user he can see what she is doing via the above method. This is at the very least unethical. If i find out that he has been doing it I'm going to lock his Mac down so hard. Evil or Very Mad

edit: they are on the same lan
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i thought i read that there was a proof of concept attack that worked this way, but i thought it was patched already? Confused if you are up to date with tiger OS then i don't think you can do this at all.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The short answer is "Yes and No".
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The longer answer is that if the manager has admin access he would merely need to turn on Apple Remote Desktop then VNC into that Mac. Set the VNC client to connect in "stealth" mode so the user wasn't aware.
But this is generic to VNC client/servers, not specific to the iSight camera. There is nothing that I know of that would allow the specific function of remote control of an iSight.
Of course the end user could place a sticky note over the camera...!
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