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I wonder if these laptops had a recording light by the camera like most. Wouldn't this have been an immediate tip-off to everyone? Disabling the recording lig
by holdenc 17y ago
I wonder if these laptops had a recording light by the camera like most. Wouldn't this have been an immediate tip-off to everyone? Disabling the recording light (if this happened) would have required some effort as well...
- rmorrison 17y agoI would hope that recording lights are hardware operated, so that they cannot be disabled via software. When the camera is on, the light is on.
- there 17y agoi've long had an irrational fear that someone would compromise my computer and upload some modified firmware to the camera that would allow it to record without illuminating the light. i always keep a piece of electrical tape over the cameras on my computers now. </tinfoil_hat>
- blhack 17y agoUhh...which laptops have a recording light on them? Mine certainly does not.
- c3o 17y agoMacs
- sketerpot 17y agoMy Asus laptop has one. It's small and green, and if it weren't there, I would always be paranoid that my laptop was spying on me.
- olefoo 17y agoAll Macs that have cameras do. And it shows to the OS as a USB sensor. Obviously there must be ways to turn it on without lighting the light,
- seiji 17y agoThe camera LED is wired in series to the camera sensor itself. You can't power the camera without having the LED turn on. Conversely, you can't turn on the camera LED without having the camera powered.
- olefoo 17y agoThis is true of new MacBooks, I have been told it is not true of all models of Macs.