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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Fixing UVC Camera Issues?

Submitted by Khyber
Khyber writes: I bought some cheap Chinese camera glasses with built-in microphones. These are supposed UVC cameras manufactured in 2015. Under Windows XP, these cameras are seen perfectly fine and work as web cameras, even the microphones work. Under Windows 7, the camera appears to install just fine, however I get the "This device can perform faster if you connect to USB 2.0" (which it is connected to) and when I try to load it up with any camera viewer such as manycam or any chat program's built-in previewer, I cannot receive any video from the camera. I can get audio from the camera microphones under Windows 7, so I am wondering if the camera device is having problems enumerating as a USB 2.0 device due to some change in Windows 7 (which it doesn't seem to have issues doing under XP,) or if the UVC driver for Windows 7 is missing something in comparison to the one used for Windows XP. Anybody else had issues getting newer UVC cameras to work in newer operating systems?

Submission + - Violation of ToS Should not be a Crime (eff.org)

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Khyber
Khyber writes: "Three data and security breach notification bills have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of which includes an amendment that adds clarity with regards to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. These three bills would require businesses to develop data privacy and security plans, and it would set a federal standard for notifying individuals of breaches of very sensitive personally identifiable information, such as credit card information or medical records. This clarification is welcomed, making the statute more focused towards hackers and identity thieves, instead of consumers that run afoul of ToS or AUPs of websites and service providers."

Submission + - Anti-Piracy firm e-mails reveal firm scam (torrentfreak.com) 4

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Khyber
Khyber writes: "A recent DDoS attack against a UK-based anti-pirating firm, known as ACS:Law, has resulted in a large backup archive of the server contents being made available for download, which has been done and is now being hosted by the Pirate Bay. Within this archive are e-mails from Andrew Crossley basically admitting that he is running a scam job, sending out thousands of frivolous legal threats on the premise that a percentage pay up immediately to avoid legal hassles."

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