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My teacher wife and a bunch of the folks she knows (non-nerds) cover their webcams with stickers or whatever. They’d all love (separate!) kill-switches for thei
by karatestomp 7y ago
My teacher wife and a bunch of the folks she knows (non-nerds) cover their webcams with stickers or whatever. They’d all love (separate!) kill-switches for their cameras and mics. Plus everyone working in tech I know. So that’s... everyone I know who’s aware their laptops have cameras and microphones.
- RankingMember 7y agoNot for mics, but you can essentially add the equivalent of a webcam kill switch with something simple like this: https://www.amazon.com/C-Slide-Sliding-Computers-Chromebooks-Consoles/dp/B00AZ639VG https://www.amazon.com/C-Slide-Sliding-Computers-Chromebooks...
- kevindong 7y agoMy company's IT department has said in passing that they've had many cases of laptop screens being cracked by those sliding webcam obscurers.
- reaperducer 7y agoI think you're overstating your position. If all of those people had to flip a hardware switch every time they wanted to use their phones, they'd complain about it.
- karatestomp 7y agoNot phones, but for tablets and laptops I think a lot more than just privacy geeks would like a way to know for sure they won’t accidentally transmit video or audio, and would put up with a little annoyance for the peace of mind.
- folmar 7y agoOn a laptop it may often be once in a lifetime.
- reaperducer 7y agoDepends on your laptop. My Mac laptops ring when someone calls my phone in another room.
- mthoms 7y agoThe problem is, as soon as security expert "Barbara from Facebook" posts something about the NSA still watching you because the switches don't really do anything you're back at square one. :)