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I think the idea there is that it physically disconnects the mic, since the laptop instead tries to use the headphone mic (which in this case isn't connected).

I think the idea there is that it physically disconnects the mic, since the laptop instead tries to use the headphone mic (which in this case isn't connected). Not sure if it would actually work, it would be easy to 3d-print one to test.

rebuilder 7y ago
If you connect a plug to the audio jack, sure, the laptop probably defaults to using that jack for input and output. But you can still choose to use the built-in mic, right? So it's not physically disconnecting anything, just triggering a software disconnect.
- masklinn 7y ago
  AFAIK you're correct. Though it's possible most spying software just uses the default mic and doesn't have the capabilities to switch the input device?
  - to11mtm 7y ago
    Not a Mac user, and the last time I played with sound stuff in nix was almost 15 years ago... But I feel like switching input (or even collecting multiple sound inputs) on a nix OS is not much more convoluted than dealing with the sound stack in general. But that's probably also related to how the driver itself interfaces with the audio device...