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See the several articles linked in this page about apple webcams/mics being turned on by hackers.... Apple is good, but they are not perfect
by ldoughty 6y ago
See the several articles linked in this page about apple webcams/mics being turned on by hackers....
Apple is good, but they are not perfect
- jilles 6y agoThey are not, but these articles are for < 2008 Macs. On "newer" Macbooks it done by hardware.
- acdha 6y agoYou’re posting this late enough to have had time to see that those are all about hardware which is a decade old. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23796606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23796606
- not_really 6y agoRight, so as time progresses news comes out about said hardware being hacked. I think you've validated his point. 5 years from now we will see how today's cameras have been hacked.
- acdha 6y agoThis was a known weakness back then, not some amazing breakthrough, and unless the vendors are actively lying about the hardware there's no way for someone to “hack” the power connection without a soldering iron.