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How bad is it if VidCo cameras can be activated without consent? [on hold]

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2 Background We have several video conference rooms in all regional offices. They are regular conference rooms (which are used for video conferences but also often normal, local conferences), accessible and open to everbody, anytime. They are reserved in our Exchange, and all reservations are clearly visible for everybody; i.e., everybody can quickly and easily check who is in which vidco room. From each video conference unit, one can easily (no password or anything; no reservation necessary) dial-in into any other vidco unit. Originally, voice and video would be immediate open bi-directionally; recently that was changed so that only the video stream appears but the microphone on the called side is muted (and has to be un-muted in the target room). Active cameras are clearly visible; they sit prominently on