

Other popular uses include security surveillance, computer vision, video broadcasting, and for recording social videos. Most popular use of webcams is the establishment of video links, permitting computers to act as videophones or video conference stations. They have also become a source of security and privacy issues, as some built-in webcams can be remotely activated via spyware.

Despite the low cost, the resolution offered at present (2015) is rather impressive, with low end webcams (

A webcam is a video camera that feeds or streams its image in real time to or through a computer to computer network.
