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There used to be a hardware switch for WiFi on laptops not long ago. But being "always connected" took precedence over privacy. Same can be said with microphone
by jptech 5y ago
There used to be a hardware switch for WiFi on laptops not long ago. But being "always connected" took precedence over privacy. Same can be said with microphone and voice assistants.
- nixpulvis 5y agoIDK, my laptop still has a button to disable the radios, but it's on F8 and implemented in firmware (or software?) not hardware. I think there's a pretty healthy market for privacy/security/control-oriented hardware.
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoPurism's Librem laptops have hardware kill switches for the radios (wifi, bluetooth), and the camera / mic https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/