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That 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 line
by wutbrodo 8y ago
That 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.