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>They should rather do a physical switch that would 0 the data lines from these devices, What exactly do you expect that to accomplish. Anyone actively target
by tw04 6y ago
>They should rather do a physical switch that would 0 the data lines from these devices,
What exactly do you expect that to accomplish. Anyone actively targeting you getting literally NO SOUND OR VIDEO is going to know that you've flipped the switch just the same.
Even the quietest apartment has HVAC that will be picked up. If they're recording for hours they're going to hear people walking by. The camera itself will still provide an image, even if it's black, that looks different than no signal at all.
- varispeed 6y agoThat's why the idea of having some pre-recorded stuff on tap, but sending no signal could waste some of the perpetrators resources, which I think is something nicer to have than letting them know it is switched off.
- tw04 6y agoSorry but if you're going to those lengths you should be buying a laptop without a camera or mic. Do video calls from your phone and put it in a soundproof/wireless transmission proof box. If a nation state is able to get to your laptop they're going to figure out pretty quickly that you're "feeding something pre-recorded" into the mic and camera every time you have a meeting. Ignoring the insane effort you'd have to put out to feed that in and make it even semi-believable. For starters they are presumably tracking who you're meeting with - are you going to have a meeting before your meeting to pre-record? Hope they don't figure out that you're saying the exact same thing in two different meetings? Somehow have root on your laptop but aren't bright enough to figure out you're feeding data from a local file into your mic and camera?
- varispeed 6y agoThank you! Great answer