Hi all!
I'm wondering if anyone knows where the camera access privacy settings can be found on the configuration of the Raspberry Pi.
For context, I'm using a Raspberry Pi 5 with the most updated 64-bit Bookworm Raspberry Pi OS. I am using a USB web cam and when trying to access it, a system setting pop up appears saying "An application wants to use your camera. Access to your camera can be changed at any time from the privacy settings." and then has the choice for Deny Access and Grant Access. (See photo here)
However, in looking through the different config settings, I'm not seeing where this could later be changed. Where are the privacy settings located?
I've noticed the file stored at `/home/[USER]/.local/share/flatpak/db/devices` appears to hold some sort of camera access settings; however, it is unclear how to interface with this.
In addition, on one Pi, I am having the issue where I Grant Access to the camera but then once I reboot the pi, it asks me again each time (rather than having that settings persist from boot to boot).
Thanks in advance for any insight! I couldn't find any documentation for the "privacy settings" that are mentioned, but if someone knows where to find that, I'd be happy to be redirected to other documentation![:)]( "Smile")
I'm wondering if anyone knows where the camera access privacy settings can be found on the configuration of the Raspberry Pi.
For context, I'm using a Raspberry Pi 5 with the most updated 64-bit Bookworm Raspberry Pi OS. I am using a USB web cam and when trying to access it, a system setting pop up appears saying "An application wants to use your camera. Access to your camera can be changed at any time from the privacy settings." and then has the choice for Deny Access and Grant Access. (See photo here
However, in looking through the different config settings, I'm not seeing where this could later be changed. Where are the privacy settings located?
I've noticed the file stored at `/home/[USER]/.local/share/flatpak/db/devices` appears to hold some sort of camera access settings; however, it is unclear how to interface with this.
In addition, on one Pi, I am having the issue where I Grant Access to the camera but then once I reboot the pi, it asks me again each time (rather than having that settings persist from boot to boot).
Thanks in advance for any insight! I couldn't find any documentation for the "privacy settings" that are mentioned, but if someone knows where to find that, I'd be happy to be redirected to other documentation
Statistics: Posted by julia! — Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:37 pm