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kesarling

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Registered: 2021-08-13

Posts: 6

Add a widget to disable camera temporarily

In windows, I can open up device manager and disable the camera from the device manager, essentially disabling any Windows/Browser app from even being able to detect one. Whenever I need it, I simply enable it again from the device manager, and it works instantly. Kind of like how we can disable the Mic using the KDE volume widget in Arch Linux

Screenshot for reference: https://imgur.com/a/fIc09su (Sorry am new here, wasn't able to paste the image for some reason)

Can something like that be done for camera?

SimonJ

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Registered: 2021-05-11

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Re: Add a widget to disable camera temporarily

You could change permissions to make it unreadable, write a toggle script and launch from a desktop shortcut.

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kesarling

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Registered: 2021-08-13

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Re: Add a widget to disable camera temporarily

Sure! But where do I find the related files?

seth

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Re: Add a widget to disable camera temporarily

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Webcam_setup

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