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AFAIK there's no official Apple document. Would you accept the recollection of an anonymous former Apple engineer writing to a fairly popular blog? /s https://
by pfranz 6y ago
AFAIK there's no official Apple document. Would you accept the recollection of an anonymous former Apple engineer writing to a fairly popular blog? /s
https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams
> All cameras after that one were different: The hardware team tied the LED to a hardware signal from the sensor: If the (I believe) vertical sync was active, the LED would light up. There is NO firmware control to disable/enable the LED. The actual firmware is indeed flashable, but the part is not a generic part and there are mechanisms in place to verify the image being flashed. […]
- hyko 6y agoI’ll accept it, but not bet my life on it :)
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y agoWhat if the LED burns out? Is there any redundancy?
- pfranz 6y agoI'm not sure I follow. If the LED burns out you're implying the camera would no longer work? I imagine they'd replace the whole camera module. I saw one for an older model on ifixit for $30. I'd probably try and snag one scrap. I'm not sure how often it comes up.