Therese Shellabarger, there is hidden software in any OS that can turn part of the screen monitor into camera and the speakers into microphone. Do your own research before believing or install other software to supposedly block the unlockable features.

"... something has my camera and I have no idea what."

You should be able to turn the camera off in Settings, but malware can probably get around that. IMHO wouldn't hurt to run a malware scan or two -- several of the security software brands have a free downloadable app just for that. Might just be some app misbehaving or overstepping its bounds, but better safe than sorry.

... "there is hidden software in any OS that can turn part of the screen monitor into camera and the speakers into microphone. Do your own research..."

All part of our alien overloads' control I imagine :)

mike, can you elaborate on the screen monitor being turned into a camera. I understand the speaker thing concept

mike, anyone voting you down does not know anything about the digital technology. You are 100% correct, I have used the speakers as microphone with no problems, also with a special driver software you can turn the part of the LED monitor as camera also.

Example of what I have done in the past:

Use Speaker As Microphone Windows 10

If you’ve ever wanted to use your speaker as a microphone, there’s good news- it’s actually quite easy to do on Windows 10. Here’s how: 1. First, open up the sound settings on your computer.

This can be done by going to the Control Panel and then clicking on “Sound”. 2. Once you’re in the sound settings, go to the “Recording” tab and find your speakers in the list of devices. If they’re not showing up, make sure that they’re plugged in and turned on.

3. Once you’ve found your speakers, right-click on them and select “Enable”. This will allow you to use them as a microphone. 4. Now that your speakers are enabled, go ahead and open up any program that you want to use them with (Skype, Discord, etc.) and set them as your input device.

And that’s it! You can now use your speaker as a microphone on Windows 10.

I will not go into details of how to turn the monitor into camera, but if you are little technically inclined, can be done easily.

larry, speakers on a laptop or PC or ANY audio playback device cannot without additional hardware which does NOT EXIST ANY RETAIL DEVICES as they are ALL built to a budget to make a profit not to spy at any cost... now most loudspeakers can if taken out of the device be so configured as to act as very inefficient microphones... I say very inefficient because they are designed to MOVE as much air as possible so are relatively physically MASSive i.e. thick strong material whereas microphones are designed to detect slight movements in air/tiny pressure variations and are much less MASSive and are delicate. It is purely FUD that the urban myth appeared a bit like the one about the election fraud that was being claimed by the republicans against the democrats when it was the republicans candidate was actively trying to solicit non-existent votes from election officials. The perp of this urban myth clearly either did not know or just wanted so to sow fear and paranoia and get the masses stirred up same think about part of the screen being configurable as a camera... even more not possible.

larry, I get the speaker thing but my question was specifically for the monitor being turned into a camera. Can you provide some source materials for me to review? You don't need to go into the details but would appreciate articles on the process.