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Is it possible for a wireless mouse to be malicious?

Is it possible for a wireless mouse to be malicious? (Or, said better, how likely is it that a wireless mouse is malicious?) I bought online a cheap wireless mouse (which works well btw), however, when I connected it to my laptop (not sure if right away or a little bit later, however certainly after I connected it), my antivirus started to alert that Google Chrome wants to access my camera (and that, as far as I know, for no reason…I wasn't browsing anything related to being recorded or something like that. I would simply open Chrome and in a little bit, my antivirus would alert! The only thin

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