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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by crummy on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:57PM (#20388123)
Yes. Try this link from the article to see it in action if you have (or had) Zoom installed: https://jlleitschuh.org/zoom_vulnerability_poc/

WARNING, this will open a video chat with random strangers, and will turn your webcam on. Consider yourself warned!

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by peterburkimsher on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:19PM (#20388222)
If you want to test it without using your real webcam, I recommend CamTwist [1]. The author is in the group video call now. I joined for a short minute, and was relieved to see that my real webcam wasn't being used.

Normally I use CamTwist so I can write subtitles on top of my video feed when chatting with my gran. It seems it's also a good layer of extra security!

[1] http://camtwiststudio.com/

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by userbinator on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:32PM (#20388274)
WARNING, this will open a video chat with random strangers, and will turn your webcam on. Consider yourself warned!

Amusingly enough, this actually exists as a product:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omegle

(Edit: just noticed it's already been around for over 10 years. That's rather amazing.)

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by ssalazars on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:04PM (#20388149)
HOLLY SH*T! This is insane.
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