tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post40878773813218631..comments2011-09-01T10:52:27.410-07:00Chuck LeDuc Díaznoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-34648930137405617132011-09-01T10:51:57.491-07:002011-09-01T10:51:57.491-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Daddohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00045013448403748165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-18275987252952060452011-09-01T10:51:41.373-07:002011-09-01T10:51:41.373-07:00This is still a problem with webex ver 8.5 running on a W7 (lenovo) as of Sept 1, 2011.Daddohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00045013448403748165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-26134005915925360662010-12-19T05:36:02.269-08:002010-12-19T05:36:02.269-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.malichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433436304419807262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-24861237844066458192010-11-17T09:35:15.253-08:002010-11-17T09:35:15.253-08:00I just noticed the same thing. Our company is using 8.5 and that is labeled copyright 2010.<br /><br />I am really worried because you can tell this is still going to their centralized servers even when you it says &quot;not sending&quot;. The view only gets choppy on the camera when it is streaming the data onto the network which it is. I don&#39;t really want to have my privacy invaded more or I would run some additional bandwidth tests to verify this.Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662935581084140217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-88651123310360413962010-09-13T10:13:31.968-07:002010-09-13T10:13:31.968-07:00FWIW, there are play/pause buttons that let you toggle whether you&#39;re sending video or not.<br /><br />It&#39;s not ideal, it&#39;d be much better if you could turn it off, or if it at least prompted you to acknowledge that that moderator has enabled webcams.jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013600011997759678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-25300453162366746942010-08-23T09:49:14.656-07:002010-08-23T09:49:14.656-07:00What a brazen invasion of privacy by Cisco. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Cisco Webex execs are acting in a very negligent fashion by allowing this product flaw to exist for over two years.<br /><br />They have full control over whether they access iSight cameras, and should make this a user option.Al Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698253752203766393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-28103466652888261142010-06-08T07:25:44.409-07:002010-06-08T07:25:44.409-07:00I found this post after googling during a webex conference. As of June 8 2010, this still occurs. The photo booth suggestion above worked though.<br /><br />Lame. VERY lame.Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651007818216602559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-53299541398098889072010-03-25T09:58:16.636-07:002010-03-25T09:58:16.636-07:00Webex chooses to provide locked-down versions of Webex to its customers. That is their choice - and it has consequences. In this case, one consequence is the privacy of the people that use their software (which usually aren&#39;t even their customers). The second consequence is a bad reputation for Webex, which they have earned.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034248649734867811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-30827203116071992972010-03-25T09:54:18.624-07:002010-03-25T09:54:18.624-07:00&#39;LOCK DOWN ENVIRONMENT&#39; what part of that do u not understand. I hope and pray that you arent with the IT Dept. coz if u are - well thats just a disaster. <br /> <br />Im glad you moved away from WebEx -i still think your company hasnt moved away though, they just decided not to tell u!! <br /> <br />&#39;A frog in a well does not know the great sea.&#39;unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490809293445562958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-7236363472404471642010-03-25T09:29:56.627-07:002010-03-25T09:29:56.627-07:00Gosh, unknown, I use something called the Internet, and it&#39;s been around for a while now.<br /><br />To make my point: which version of Gmail are you using? Which version of Facebook? Which version of YouTube? I&#39;ll even make an allowance in case you&#39;ve spent the past ten years in solitary confinement: which version of Hotmail are you using?<br /><br />The answer is: the <i>latest version</i>, which is the only version there is. Having customer-specific versions of web sites leads to exactly this kind of problem, and it&#39;s a problem that Webex has created for itself.<br /><br />Webex could fix it, but I bet they won&#39;t - they&#39;re probably addicted to licensing revenue where they need to periodically blackmail an additional lump of cash from their paying subscribers in order to get the latest changes. Or it&#39;s because their infrastructure isn&#39;t set up to put all of the accounts in a single place (a single-tenant database, in other words). Or it&#39;s because they LIKE having to support multiple versions of their software and having confused, unhappy users.<br /><br />I don&#39;t know for sure, but I know who&#39;s responsible for this bad user experience, and it&#39;s not the laws of computer science and project management, it&#39;s not solar flares, it&#39;s not their customers, and it&#39;s not me. It&#39;s Webex, it&#39;s their problem, and thankfully it&#39;s not mine anymore because I don&#39;t have to use it. See, we adapted to change, and that meant switching to something better (and cheaper).<br /><br />And yes, as long as Webex leaves this bug unfixed on servers <i>they</i> run, running <i>their software</i>, Webex still has this problem. You won&#39;t know in advance - it depends on &quot;what version&quot; the person running the meeting is using. And that <b>sucks</b>.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034248649734867811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-64562038894436494972010-03-25T08:08:35.625-07:002010-03-25T08:08:35.625-07:00Well Chuck, I dont know wat company u work with but looks like you have been living in a world of your own. <br /><br />Reason: Every software goes through its stages. <br /><br />For eg. A security software, im sure u will agree,is not wat it used to be 4 years ago. Things change!! <br /><br />But if a person decides to stick on to a version that was released ages ago for reason like , well, cost effective or coz he/she is still using other softwares that was released 4 yrs ago... wat can the security software company do!? The version he/she is on is probably obsolete. <br /><br />Its the same with WebEx. You company must have decided to stay on a lock down environment coz they cant get accustomed to change for watsoever reason!! Ever thought about that??unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490809293445562958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-4552451363091021132010-03-24T12:53:58.434-07:002010-03-24T12:53:58.434-07:00Unknown, you may be right - this may be an old version of Webex.<br /><br />Which raises the question: why on earth are there multiple versions of Webex - on the Internet? That sounds like a problem Webex has created for itself. And now Webex can deal with that problem, and the consequences - a bad user experience, and a bad reputation.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034248649734867811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-88756481488925583892010-03-24T12:37:09.055-07:002010-03-24T12:37:09.055-07:00OK....Chuck did you know that the latest version of WebEx has this fixed and probably u r on a verrrrrrrrrryyy old version for this not to work. <br /><br />U might wanna speak with tech support and find out wat ur site version is!!unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490809293445562958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-69116861516633892992010-03-10T12:21:38.896-08:002010-03-10T12:21:38.896-08:00As of March 10th this is still not fixed. So much for CISCO fixing it. But now with cisco creating bigger and badder routers for increased bandwidth they have no need to worry about consuming to much bandwidth to fix it.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060462420649200034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-567171695227983762010-02-12T13:47:35.859-08:002010-02-12T13:47:35.859-08:00Now THAT is an epic story. As a footnote, my employer has ditched WebEx for <a href="http://www.pgi.com" rel="nofollow">PGi</a>, so I don&#39;t have to use WebEx anymore. No more waiting to download the meeting manager!Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034248649734867811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-78547992238664003462010-02-12T13:44:33.445-08:002010-02-12T13:44:33.445-08:00I thought Cisco fixed this after the incident with one of their SEs who had his laptop camera turn on during a meeting he joined from his hotel room, which treated the entire audience to a view of him wacking off.Orient Donghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438866394164511767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-79064544028033143742010-01-22T07:22:27.584-08:002010-01-22T07:22:27.584-08:00Dear Greg from Cisco: If Webex has since been fixed, I&#39;ll be more than happy to report that update. Cisco has my contact information from when I submitted this bug as well.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034248649734867811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-53779742288611195852010-01-22T06:29:16.942-08:002010-01-22T06:29:16.942-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652114378171058451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-35500484036746597712010-01-05T12:46:45.847-08:002010-01-05T12:46:45.847-08:00This is also a problem on Lenovo laptops. I cant not believe a company would create a teleconference application that automatically displays a camara image. Lets talk about the lawsuit that is going to occur when some underage kid is on a conference call discussing a school project, unknowlingly displaying themselves naked. Maybe then webex will add some functionality to turn off the camara after that happens!!!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996009014015062992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-76129920045771873892009-04-02T05:34:00.000-07:002009-04-02T05:34:00.000-07:00I can confirm that loading photobooth first works! tested!<BR/>http://lost-in-management.blogspot.com/2009/03/macbook-isight-camera-enabled-by-webex.htmlNicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07638078839647112193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-29846451806805751522009-02-27T01:36:00.000-08:002009-02-27T01:36:00.000-08:00What about starting an other application that ises the camera before webex? photobooth for example. Webex should not be able to grab the video flow in that case.Nicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07638078839647112193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-50470193276489936032009-02-25T16:49:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:49:00.000-08:00happened to me today... <BR/><BR/>a properly applied postit note was my privacy guard (stuck on cover and folded over to cover the lense (I didn't want goo on my lens cover.Rogue Malehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157067198331385141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-79923686300288721822008-12-14T08:13:00.000-08:002008-12-14T08:13:00.000-08:00This has been a problem for me too.. I don't know if someone is watching or not. For now a physical tape has been the best way to turn it off. <BR/><BR/>Of course, not to mention the battery drain that happens, when the camera is on.<BR/><BR/>Looks like Webex slapped out a beta code out in the public!!girishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11542797866607594018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-18122985336168161772008-08-13T07:29:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:29:00.000-07:00From the WebEx site: Share presentations, documents, applications—and anything else on your desktop, including Chuck picking his nose—in real-time. Your attendees will become paranoid, like they're in the same room with with you, and might put black electric tape over the camera.<BR/><BR/>Heck, I'm investing in Cisco. They are pushing us into the future of big brotherhood!Becky Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610183165603495927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24148139.post-69791051083753718892008-08-13T04:10:00.000-07:002008-08-13T04:10:00.000-07:00I hate WebEx, but we use it all the time. It's a guaranteed way to piss away two-four hours of your day.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750915013348769846noreply@blogger.com