how are people able to hack into webcams and spy on other people?
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Not sure why all the answers are discussing Wi-Fi cameras instead of webcams.
Essentially you may have compromised software, such as some obscure broadcasting or communications software. It really could be anything, even exploits in Windows it self. But at the end of the day what a hacker is looking to get is “root” access. Which lets them control any part of the computer. From there they would write a bit of code that captures video from your camera in the same way they would do a key logger. Essentially a little program hidden on your computer that they install which captures and sends back to them. Hidden as in you wouldn’t see it in Task Manager, they would hijack another process already listed.
Not sure how in-depth you want, not sure if the “how” can even be scratched in the context of explaining it a 5 year old.
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