FaceTime spying on me?

[Chauncebrook]

I never use FaceTime on my MacBook but I noticed the green webcam light turned on and FaceTime was running in the background (it turned itself on!)? I quickly shut it off and didn't even notice any video up on the screen. I'm just wondering is there a way to check to see if this was innocent or something more nefarious going on?! Should I look for something in the log files to give me a clue?

 

[yjchua95]

I never use FaceTime on my MacBook but I noticed the green webcam light turned on and FaceTime was running in the background (it turned itself on!)? I quickly shut it off and didn't even notice any video up on the screen. I'm just wondering is there a way to check to see if this was innocent or something more nefarious going on?! Should I look for something in the log files to give me a clue?

I have experienced this myself too, although FaceTime was never running in the background.

I have resorted to taping a short length of opaque cellophane tape over the camera in case some peeping tom is spying on me.

Cheers mate.

 

[roadbloc]

Duck tape it up and try and keep quiet. Cook will soon become uninterested of you computer endeavors and will move onto another Apple customer.

 

[Chauncebrook]

Ha! Yeah, I actually did that but I was hoping I could dig into the computer and figure out what triggered it? I spent some time looking at the log files but just don't know enough about what I'm looking at! If nothing else I will continue my efforts and use this if nothing else as way to learn more about these sorts of things! Thanks for the replies though.