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I like the way the lens works on the new Lenovo Thinkpad camera. It slides sideways, thereby blocking the camera. That's how I like to see it done
by jimnotgym 8y ago
I like the way the lens works on the new Lenovo Thinkpad camera. It slides sideways, thereby blocking the camera. That's how I like to see it done
- wutbrodo 8y agoThat was my first thought when seeing Sanger's initial tweets about this. Someone else replied to the tweet pointing it out, and his response was along the lines of "that's not an off switch, it just blocks it". I'm not really sure why blocking the camera isn't strictly _better_ than a physical off switch, at the very least from a trust perspective
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- zrm 8y agoDepending on what the cover is made of, it may not be opaque to infrared, which some cameras support. Also, microphones.
- Scoundreller 8y agoShould be easy enough to test with a remote control. I just learned than IR-transparent plastics are more common than I thought: they reduce heat load and make the plastic last longer.
- ntauthority 8y agoI feel that this is one of the reasons that the IR camera option on ThinkPads does not have the covering functionality.
- samstave 8y agoIt would be awesome if the physical sliding of the lens lid was also the physical circuit of the mic. So if closed, the Mic could not EVER function as it would have been physically disconnected.
- mises 8y agoIt's a good idea, but I think a separate switch might be better. I might want to talk on a non-video normal call (most of what I do) or record something but not use the camera, and would want to keep it shut. I think many other people might use the microphone separately from the camera as well.