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> I really would hate to taint my MBP with ugly duct tap on the camera, but I may have to in the future. A tiny piece of black electrical tape blends in nicely
by daeken 13y ago
> I really would hate to taint my MBP with ugly duct tap on the camera, but I may have to in the future.
A tiny piece of black electrical tape blends in nicely and won't leave gunk on your bezel.
- wil421 13y agoI will try that. If anything fishy happens the camera is getting an ice pick. Problem solved I have barely used it.
- Crito 13y agoI've heard a drill works well.
- DanBC 13y agoScary, because with some machines you're not drilling into a separate webcam lens but through the display glass to get to the webcam lens.
- Crito 13y agoGood point. That would also be an issue with the ice-pick method I guess. It might be possible to drill out the webcam from the backside so long as you were very careful to not drill too far, but if that is how your computer is set up you should probably look for a safer method.
- wil421 13y agoifixit has some tutorials on how to remove the monitor glass that I've looked at before. You may need some special tools though and it isn't recommended for the retina displays.
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- Don_ 13y ago>All these tape/paper/etc advices to cover the webcam Jesus Christ, guys. Do you use Linux? Just blacklist the webcam module to preventing it from loading whenever the system boots. Want to use the webcam? Load the module manually. # modprobe uvcvideo Want to unload the camera again? Easy. # modprobe -r uvcvideo Generally, it's the uvcvideo module, but it might change from system to system. A malicious code would need root access to your system to load/unload the webcam module. If someone has root access to your computer/to execute code in your computer, you're in MUCH, much deeper shit than if you let someone film you. Seriously. Specially if you use your computer for money transactions or talk about important stuff to people.
- adsr 13y agoThe same thing is possible on OS X with kextload/unload and kextutil. Moving the extension to a "disabled" folder and so on, and you have a camera without a driver. I would say that it's still notable even if it relies on root access, since it's been previously believed that this was not possible with software at all.
- wil421 13y agoI am pretty sure it is assumed they have root access if a hacker has installed malicious software that is taking web cam pics without a light on...