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Monitor as Camera

RavillRavill Registered User new member
edited November 2007 in Debate and/or Discourse
Hi guys,

Recently I saw a report in TV, germany. They stated that a hacker found a way to use a foreign monitor as a camera. I thought it should be kinda impossible to use a monitor as a camera anyway. I tried to google for it a bit. But I have found no reliable sources which could proof this, although I have found some unreliable or fake entries.

I wanted to ask you if you know more about this topic.

Thank you for your attention.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    not even remotely possible

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  • ChurchChurch Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    What's that? You found some fake evidence, you say?

    Well, it may be fake, but it's evidence all the same so I'm glad you're remembering to take it into consideration.

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    This sounds like something Brasseye would report.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Do you know how a monitor works? Do you know how a camera works?
    Now, if the monitor comes with a built in camera, and it's connected up, then yeah, it's probably hackable if there isn't decent security.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    Wasn't there a way to access the webcam built into macbooks, so long as the computer was on?

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Theoretically it's possible in Macbooks and stuff, but there's a little light next to the camera that's hardwired, so it would be impossible to do it without someone finding out in a heartbeat.

    Of course, slashdot-posting tinfoil-hat-wearers cover that up with a bit of black tape, but they're crazy, so who cares.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    When I was a kid I used to think that cranking up the resolution too high on a monitor would 'cause it to explode. I was willing to take a face full of glass to play Magic Carpet at like 800x600.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    You sure they weren't talking about Van Eyk phreaking?

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2007
    van Eck phreaking, actually. And that was the first thing that came to my mind as well.

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  • LailLail Surrey, B.C.Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Echo wrote: »
    van Eck phreaking, actually. And that was the first thing that came to my mind as well.

    That's some pretty interesting stuff. Never heard of that before. *puts on tinfoil hat*

    Lail on
  • UnknownUnknown
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  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    In 5th grade my computer teacher linked us to a website that claimed it could turn your monitor into a camera. You looked at it for like 8 seconds then a "click here to see your picture" button appeared. When you clicked the button, it loaded a picture of a monkey.

    Needless to say, in 5th grade that was the funniest shit ever.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • ihopiusihopius Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Deusfaux wrote: »
    not even remotely possible

    Hmm, thinking about this I wonder if this may be possible.

    If one had hacked the machine so you knew what the video buffer was suppose to produce, then compare that to what you got from van Eck phreaking you may be able to reconstruct something. Assuming a CRT, light from the room will influence the phosphorous in the pixels. What I don't know is if this produces any kind of detectable signal or if all the RF comes from the big ass electron gun in the CRT.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Oh, almost forgot. This is in no way, shape, or form possible. At least not unless your monitor has, like, a camera built in. Which some do. But otherwise? Yeah, no.

    That still isn't a monitor as a camera, though. It's a camera as a camera. Which is even more insane.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2007
    This would've been more an H/A thing, and if it was, it would be locked due to the answer already being given.

    So now I'm going to pretend I'm an H/A mod:

    HUR I AM SURLY AND OCD GRARRR NOW I WILL LOCK A THREAD GRARRR.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    You forgot to hand out a fistful of highly overreactive and inappropriate infractions, Jeff.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    INFRACTIONS FOR EVERYONE WHO READ THIS THREAD BECAUSE IT IS A BAD THREAD!

    DOUBLE INFRACTIONS FOR EVERYONE WHO POSTED IN THIS THREAD BECAUSE IT IS A BAD THREAD!

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    Who questions my power?! I a mighty and all-powerful mod!

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2007
    ALSO RARRRR WHERE IS MY CASE OF DING DONGS

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Here I come, Mr. D&D Mod. I will not actually do anything, I will just sit back and accept the meaningless adoration of the people. Meaningless, because I cannot remember the last time I actually performed anything vaguely mod-like, aside from trashcanning a spam thread. I don't even know how to manually ban people, or edit links out of spam threads.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    Oh man, it's awesome to mod a pit of shit. Those D&D mods don't know what they're missing. I have to constantly deal with people who don't know what to do when they're bleeding from everywhere. Why would I ever give that up? Those losers don't know what they're missing.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Yes, thank god instead I get to mod a place where conspiracy theory threads are the order of the day. Oh, and let's not forget about how awesome the anime thread is! So cool! It's so much better to mod D&D.

    Or, at least, it would be, if I ever did any actual modding, instead of sitting on my ass.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    Oh man, that guy's dick is burning, he's bleeding from his ass, and doesn't know what to do. It just doesn't get any better than this.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Elki wrote: »
    Oh man, that guy's dick is burning, he's bleeding from his ass, and doesn't know what to do. It just doesn't get any better than this.
    Man, when you're the king of Schadenfreude, H/A is the greatest.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2007
    I don't think those D&D mods should feel too bad, though. At least they're not modding a table-top forum.

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