Matt
Gone playing Dragon Age Origins
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC | Also
I have also seen this pop up on various sites this morning and so far I'm finding it hard to believe. |
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MemphisPCGuy
Senior Systems Engineer
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join:2004-05-09
Memphis, TN
 ·Comcast
| It must be based on something similar to FLASH being able to monitor the microphone without user intervention... if you have never right clicked a flash movie/banner etc. try it ... you may be surprised!
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The Folsom
Kindly Shut Your Noise Hole.
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join:2003-01-31
Yucaipa, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by MemphisPCGuy  :It must be based on something similar to FLASH being able to monitor the microphone without user intervention... if you have never right clicked a flash movie/banner etc. try it ... you may be surprised! I took my USB webcam down... just in case. But in all candor, nothing salacious ever happens in my dining room(yet)...
Meanwhile...
"Bau Bau Chikka Chikka Bau Bau..." *Sound effect from an episode of "Friends" wherein the guys "got" free porn on cable TV and they were afraid to turn off the TV for fear of losing it forever...*
Time to turn off the boxen(or the mic...hmmm...) and give it a well-deserved break... Don't want the rest of the internet having some audio from the boudoir at the other end of the house...
Hmmm... Early morning; kids are still asleep; wifey-poo is looking pretty good; Flash has been effectively banished from the mix... If you'll excuse me-there's a dining room table that needs to be broken in... 
"Bau Bau Chikka Chikka Bau Bau..."
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koma3504
Advocate
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join:2004-06-22
North Richland Hills, TX
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Simple |
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Anonymous_
Anonymous
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join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
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·RoadRunner Cable
·Time Warner Cable
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1 edit | said by koma3504 :Put a check in mute Microphone Then click on advanced and enable the mic boost. If the microphone gets unchecked it should squeal. NO NO NO
just DISABLE JAVA Script
shittey google ads are gone 
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jwardl
join:2000-08-12
Spring, TX
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Call me paranoid, but I've never been willing to leave a mic (or camera) plugged in for this very reason -- that some hacker and/or malware might turn them on and be listening (and/or watching) at any time without my knowledge.
So far, pulling the plug is pretty hard to beat. |
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
| said by jwardl :Call me paranoid, but I've never been willing to leave a mic (or camera) plugged in for this very reason -- that some hacker and/or malware might turn them on and be listening (and/or watching) at any time without my knowledge. So far, pulling the plug is pretty hard to beat. Be kind of hard to do on a laptop. |
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RipRap
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join:2000-08-24
Berlin, CT
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said by jwardl :Call me paranoid, OK. You are P a ® @ n0 1 D !
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asdfjklghi
@cox.net
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The feds wanted the mics with o star turned on all the time too. I will never get a car with o star for that reason. It looks like I will be taking off my webcam after I use it. At least my webcam has a green light when it turns on. We should chant *UCK google and laugh to see what ads come up after that  Thank god for my dell side usb ports on the monitor. What a sweet feature. Every monitor should have that. |
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jwardl
join:2000-08-12
Spring, TX
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said by richk_1957 :said by jwardl :Call me paranoid, but I've never been willing to leave a mic (or camera) plugged in for this very reason -- that some hacker and/or malware might turn them on and be listening (and/or watching) at any time without my knowledge. So far, pulling the plug is pretty hard to beat. Be kind of hard to do on a laptop. That's what tape and farts are for. |
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shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
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Well if you get in an accident I can see these being enabled and calling the onstar service center for safety but when driving around? Are the feds picking up the cellular bill? Because what you're saying is that they would be listening in on you all the time? COME ON |
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