Security News > 2021 > May > How to set up camera privacy settings in Windows 10

Before you can use a camera app in Windows 10 you have to allow access to the camera itself.

This how-to tutorial shows you how to access camera settings in Windows 10 and how to grant permission to access a camera to specific apps.

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While you might think the camera settings would exist under Devices in the Windows 10 Settings menu, they are actually located under Privacy.

Although occurrences are rare, camera apps have been used to breech Windows 10 security protocols.

Unlike some other peripheral devices, Windows 10 pushes other camera configuration settings, like photo quality resolution, video resolution and color correction to the apps you have granted camera access.

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