Can someone access my phone camera through an IRC chat?
reddit / irc

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[deleted] · 2021-07-28 00:33

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pedz · 2021-07-28 02:30

Simple answer is no. Not through a traditional irc client. There is
absolutely no  way to get to a webcam using the irc protocol.

EDIT: The long version is that it would be very complex to achieve.
I've been on irc for more than 20 years and host my own server. I
wanted to "modernize" it a bit and offer a web interface with voice
and video chat. Because the protocol inherently cannot support video
or audio chats, I would have needed to mix different
protocols/technologies and move away from irc in favor of Matrix or
something like that.

I mean, in theory it's possible for someone to send you a link in a
chat and if you open it, it may access your webcam. But nothing of the
sort can be realized *within* irc. It's basically limited to text
only.

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benjy500c · 2021-07-28 10:54

No it's impossible