3 ms·
Display-mounted cameras should have a sliding lens cap built in which can close (but not open) itself after a configurable period of non-use.
by bithive123 13y ago
Display-mounted cameras should have a sliding lens cap built in which can close (but not open) itself after a configurable period of non-use.
- indrax 13y agoWhich then nearly ruins the use case of theft recovery software. Sometimes you want to turn on the camera in software.
- bigiain 13y agoI wonder where the balance of good things vs bad things that've happened due to software-enableable laptop cameras currently sits? I strongly suspect that the number of stolen laptops recovered thanks to the owner being able to use the camera to "invade the privacy and potentially take creep-shots" of the unauthorized current user, is way way smaller than the number of people who've had their privacy invaded and potentially had creepshots taken by their laptops unauthorized "p0wners".