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How to disable camera devices in Linux systems ?

lsusb
lsmod [to identify camera devices]

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

****add the following lines in above file****
##Disable webcam.
blacklist uvcvideo
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References: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=370960

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