ali-s Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Last night my Daughter was chatting to a friend on MSN via our laptop. The volume was on mute and we do not have a web cam. Her friend has a web cam and we were laughing at the faces he pulled. During the conversations her friend said that he could hear us He told us what TV programme I was watching. Thinking it was a guess Natalie spoke to him and asked him to stick out his tongue, which he did I spoke to him and asked him to stick his fingers in in ears... he did When we were asking him to do silly things we did not type any message We both found this very amusing yet a little spooky. Can anyone tell me how on earth Natalie's friend could hear us and how we could speak to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks for reminding me why I don't have the net at home Ali Can't answer tht we will need one of our techie types to answer that one MURDO, GRD WHERE ARE YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavey Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Check the specifications of your laptop. A lot of laptops I've seen recently come with integral microphones - Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks Sean Apparently it has a integral microphone Maybe I should switch it off. I will be afraid to talk if one of the kids are MSN in the future I thought we had been bugged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Good job you didn't say anything inappropriate! : But have I said something inappropiate in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 My brother has an integral microphone on his new laptop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Oh Ali - scary mary! I bet you thought we were back in the ghost thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard and Jo Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 That sounds strange as you normally have to send a request to the other person to start a voice chat - and you have to agree before it starts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Gremlins - every computer contains them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 That's quite scary, thanks for the warning. I find MSN a bit tiresome, especially with 3 daughters all wanting to use the ONE computer connected to the internet. It's scary too how young some children are and they really don't understand the etiquette. My 16 yo knows a 9 yo who keeps chatting to her on MSN. 16yo is quite rude to her, mostly because of the interruption and the waste of time (eg 'Well, what shall we talk about then?' Answer: 'Nothing. Go away!') I tell her to block the little girl but I think my DD secretly enjoys being rude to her! I guess it's here to stay though. And it's brilliant for chatting to friends overseas. My DD even used to chat to her German exchange student, who had become absolutely brilliant with the language and txt abbreviations. (Ull notice I dnt really use thm/cant really use thm!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 That sounds strange as you normally have to send a request to the other person to start a voice chat - and you have to agree before it starts? Now I am spooked again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
