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The article is light on details, but of course there's always this: > For those concerned with privacy, this means a trip to the office supply store to grab mo
by endemic 5y ago
The article is light on details, but of course there's always this:
> For those concerned with privacy, this means a trip to the office supply store to grab more tape with which to cover up the pesky little lenses.
- Lammy 5y agoGood luck with that https://old.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/kaxn0j/so_it_turns_out_my_laptop_can_see_through_plastic/ https://old.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/kaxn0j/s... Also good luck taping up the microphone.
- xg15 5y agoEven if not, if the camera is required for login/screen unlock, have fun removing and reapplying that tape several dozen times a day.
- nailer 5y agoIt's not. You can use a PIN or a password.
- HWR_14 5y agoIsn't the remote made out of IR-transparent plastic? The privacy shields you tape onto a webcam should be IR-opaque. (Or they should be redesigned). I believe best practice to disable a microphone is superglue over the membrane.
- lb1lf 5y ago-I am surprised not more vendors of laptops have done like Lenovo does (at least on the X1 series) - there's a plastic slider which goes over the lens, showing a bright orange dot when it has disabled the camera. Seems so cheap, simple and useful that there probably is a patent keeping others from doing it. Sigh.