[PLUG] Google Chrome and built-in video camera

[Joe Shisei Niski]

about a year ago, i intalled a little utility called "Camera Monitor" on 
my Ubuntu 10.10 laptop. It simply sits in the panel and lets me know 
whan my camera is active. It's never come on except when i've 
deliberately fired up a Skype call or taken a self-portrait.

i rarely use Chrome, but recently had the occasion to watch a bunch of 
videos ( http://www.youtube.com/user/TransformVoice?feature=watch, 
<http://www.youtube.com/user/TransformVoice?feature=watch> where i'm 
taking singing lessons and highly recommend to anyone who wants to do 
the same). Apparently i'd never used YouTube since installing Camera 
Monitor - as soon as i landed on YouTube, i was alerted that my camera 
was active! Shocking! Why do the denizens of the GooglePlex want to 
watch me watching?

A quick search via Google (doh! i guess they're already watching me...) 
failed to produce anything relevant. Has anyone else noticed, or read 
of, this behavior?
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Joe Shisei Niski
Portland, Oregon, USA
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