How can spouses ensure that a camera is being monitored, and is it permissible for them to speak through it without ensuring it is being monitored, especially with the spread of news about their monitoring?
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Communication channels are not safe from being accessed by others, and there is no way to know if a camera is being monitored or not. If it is merely a suspicion, then there is no prohibition. However, if it reaches the level of strong presumption (ghalabat al-dhann), then it is forbidden, because strong presumption is considered in Islamic rulings and is equivalent to certainty, as indicated by the Almighty's saying: (Then if you ascertain that they are believers) and the : "So I assume that he is truthful." Spouses should exercise caution and modesty when using these means.
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