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I think newer ones even route it through the T1 chip. Need to look again. There was an exploit, over 10 years ago like you said, that allow to disable it. But

I think newer ones even route it through the T1 chip. Need to look again. There was an exploit, over 10 years ago like you said, that allow to disable it. But that was corrected. Edit - iıSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED - This was 2008 - https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/36569/camera.pdf https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2... Looking for t1 links. Edit 2 Can't find anything confirming the t1 right now..

Godel_unicode 6y ago
The T chip in modern MacBooks is the T2, and it's certainly used for the mic cutoff. I'm unaware of public disclosures around it's use for the camera. https://support.apple.com/guide/security/hardware-microphone-disconnect-mac-ipad-secbbd20b00b/1/web/1 https://support.apple.com/guide/security/hardware-microphone...
- saagarjha 6y ago
  On MacBooks the disconnect is done without the T2 being involved.