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I have been using the new version of edge for a while now and have come to notice every time it loads up the software tries to turn the webcam connected to the computer "ON".
As I do not use Skype or there is no reason for Edge to need the camera I find it unreasonale for Microsoft to think it has a right to spy on me at my computer by using the camera without asking.I have put black tape over the camera lens on every computer I own that has a camera ( 2 Desktops and 3 Laptops).
This begs me to wonder what other means Microsoft is using to spy on our computers without our consent, I do wonder if there are people who have computers in their bathrooms and do not know they are being watched via the pinhole camera on top of the screen or watching some ones daughter as she is doing her homework on her computer unaware the camera is looking down her cleavage.
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Likely an add-in or something with your setup as that doesn't usually happen.
Got any add-ins for Teams, Slack, Skype, Zoom, ?? installed?
You double checked which apps you give access to your camera in Settings - Camera permissions? I have Edge in mine, but I'm never prompted until I use a website that actually needs the camera.
As with Ess Dee 202's post I have also set Edge to block webcam access and also to have sites ask permission first but as mentioned in my own post above, Edge overrides its own privacy settings to allow it to turn on the webcam, without asking permission, when I start using it. I have had to use my antivirus settings to specifically block Edge from using the webcam. It is not to do with add ons, as Edge was turning on the camera when i first opened Edge, at a time when the add on wasn't open or being used. Also the add on now works fine even though I have set my anti virus provider's settings to block edge from accessing my camera
If I click "Ask before accessing" to OFF, doesn't that mean it will no longer ask before accessing? In other words make it open season for hackers on my camera?
This tells me how I may circumvent the problem but does not answer the question: Why does Edge want to turn on my camera?
Don't forget that with Norton 360 you can either Block, allow once or always allow. I use the obvious which is Block. That stops Edge's farting in church