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haha. what about microphones?
by smlckz 6y ago
haha. what about microphones?
- maccard 6y agoTurn off at the OS level unless you're actively using it, or use a headset with a hardware switch/detachable mic.
- coldsauce 6y agoYou can buy some cheap 3.5mm earphones, cut the wire right in the beginning, and plug it into your microphone slot, and assign that as your mic. If you're on mobile, it'll automatically do it. Basically piping from /dev/null
- smlckz 6y ago>> Basically piping from /dev/null Can you actually do that? Why not piping from /dev/zero , heck even /dev/random or /dev/urandom ?
- coldsauce 6y agoyeah, i guess it's incorrect, and probably would be something like /dev/zero
- smlckz 6y agohmm. when reading, /dev/null behaves like an empty file but /dev/zero gives you endless amounts of NUL bytes ('\0') ; iirc and the /dev/random and /dev/urandom gives you endless amounts of random bytes, but there is a subtle difference between those random sources.
- arsenico 6y agoThere's an amazing little utility called MicroSnitch from the guys who built Little Snitch. It actually shows screen overlays when something starts using microphone or camera.
- diebeforei485 6y agoOversight[1] is also a good utility. 1. https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html