View webcam feed without permission?

Just out of curiosity would it be possible for a network techy (i.e. on
a university network), to view a webcam video conversation sent between
two MSN contacts (one on the uni network one with standard home
broadband), and if so would that feed have to be accessed live or could
it be viewed later?

Greetings Moo,

Yes it would be possible however it would require decoding, some software development and
capturing of the data so it certainly wouldn't be a live thing.

It's very unlikely someone would actually go this far and actually have access to do this.
But, if you're worried, Skype (www.skype.com) can provide you with encrypted voice/video.

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"Moo" <> wrote in message
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> Just out of curiosity would it be possible for a network techy (i.e. on a university
> network), to view a webcam video conversation sent between two MSN contacts (one on the uni
> network one with standard home broadband), and if so would that feed have to be accessed
> live or could it be viewed later?