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With regard to privacy, the microphone is 100x more sensitive than the camera most of the time, and it’s much harder to secure.
by ashtonkem 6y ago
With regard to privacy, the microphone is 100x more sensitive than the camera most of the time, and it’s much harder to secure.
- iso1631 6y agoIt certainly is, I have the option to 1) Block the camera and hope the microphone is on mute 2) Hope the camera isn't on and home the microphone isn't on 3) Not have the mac at all Clearly 1 is better than 2.
- hanniabu 6y agoMic-Lock: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KRC3G7R/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KRC3G7R/
- dividedbyzero 6y agoThis is just for external headsets.
- hanniabu 6y agoNo it's not. It's meant for any port, but this model has it's own port so you don't need to keep plugging and unplugging it. You can leave it in and daisy chain by plugging your headset or speaker into it rather than directly.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoInternal microphones are not attached by such a port.
- pkage 6y agoThat's incredibly overpriced at $26.99 for what is essentially just a dummy input...
- iso947 6y agoTo be fair it’s a 5 pack It seems to be something with a switch that disconnects one of the rings of a 4 pin. Easy enough, but $5 doesn’t seem awful. Of course it doesn’t disconnect built in microphones, and with modern Apple phones getting rid of 3.5mm jacks it’s value is less.
- ashtonkem 6y agoAt $5, most of the cost is almost certainly logistical.
- hanniabu 6y agoFrom my understanding it's not just a dummy input and somehow adds noise because some computers won't pick up the input unless there's a signal.
- malandrew 6y agoIt's a shame they don't have a USB-C one that looks like a compact USB-C YubiKey.
- rcfox 6y agoSupport for this kind of thing is entirely voluntary. You can short the mic pin to ground (or connect an external mic), and it will disable the onboard mic by default because that's what is expected, but there's nothing physically stopping the audio controller from reading from the onboard mic anyway.