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It's interesting that no laptop vendor seems to have made a physical webcam cover included by default- to me that seems like a no brainer that most customers wo
by kerng 8y ago
It's interesting that no laptop vendor seems to have made a physical webcam cover included by default- to me that seems like a no brainer that most customers would benefit from.
Edit: Thanks for all your comments. It seems that there a few vendors that do offer webcan covers by default now. Definitely will have to check those out.
- anbop 8y agoI have seen several laptops with physical slide covers. Didn’t note the brand.
- helgie 8y agoSome thinkpads have them.
- svrtknst 8y agoI saw a laptop recently (within the year, I think) that had the camera situated under one of the buttons IIRC, so that it was naturally covered when not in use
- kweks 8y agoHuawei Matebook X (dubbed the 'chin cam')
- basetop 8y agoI put electric or duct tape the laptop webcams and have done so ever since my first laptop with a webcam. Only way to be sure you aren't being recorded other than opening up the laptop and physically removing the webcam.
- pdq 8y agoHuawei has: https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050098/huawei-matebook-x-pro-webcam-mwc-2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050098/huawei-matebook-...
- bookofjoe 8y agoI bought an aftermarket webcam cover that slides open or closed. After a few days, I realized I was always checking to see that it was closed. I went back to using a piece of black electrical tape because that way I KNOW it's blocked without having to check. Besides which it's cheaper. Anything to lower the cognitive load.
- seriousaccount1 8y agoMy Thinkpad T480s definitely has one. Just needs a switch to also block the microphone
- maaaats 8y agoMy Lenovo P1 has a fn button to disable the mic and a light showing if it's enabled or not. Not as good as a switch, but makes me confident some random application isn't listening at least.
- skinnyasianboi 8y agoIt's worth to mention that Pursim Laptops have a hardware "kill switch" for microphone/webcam/Bluetooth/wifi
- lucb1e 8y agoTo everyone doing confirmation bias replies: yes, I'm sure we can find lots of instances where a cover came with the laptop. My old EEE PC netbook also had one (and it kept falling open if I put it in my backpack on its left side). Adding them, however, either fell out of style or was never common to begin with, and the more interesting question to answer is why that is when clearly so many consumers care for it.