Advantages of webcams:
- Able to interact with people across long distances
- Becoming more and more easy to use
- Both sound and video is used, making the communication more sophisticated
- Users can use the webcam to save videos they film to watch later or send to others
- Many webcams can also be used as a still camera
Disadvantages of webcams:
- Feed when videochatting can be choppy/pixelated
- Discourages people to interact face-to-face
- Hackers can enable webcams even when the owner is not aware
- Can be used to film innappropriate/illegal videos
- Privacy in computer users is decreasing-- most people can be found somewhere on the web
