The webcam light on my laptop just turned on - does this mean someone has hacked into my webcam?

I know some people are hyper-secure about this sort of thing and cover their webcam with tape or blu-tack... but is it really likely it's been hacked like this? What other reason would it have turned on for?

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SW-User

If someone can hack your webcam, they should be able to hack the stupid light to.
Unless it's 12 year old scriptkiddie.

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

@SW-User yep

Randomlygenerated · 26-30, F

@SW-User Thanks! This makes me a bit more comfortable that it probably isn't hacked. Covered, anyway.