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> Remember that a hibernating system is actually in a low power state Not the original quote. The quote was "even if your device is turned off", which I take t
by hrrsn 12y ago
> Remember that a hibernating system is actually in a low power state
Not the original quote. The quote was "even if your device is turned off", which I take to mean 'shutdown -h now'. Nowhere is hibernation mentioned.
If your EFI/preboot environment is rooted by a three letter agency you have more problems than someone getting your picture.
- dredmorbius 12y agoAssessing whether or not an "off" device is truly "off" isn't trivial. That's a big part of my point. I do suspect that running a camera would generate sufficient power draw that you'd tend to notice, though hibernating and taking periodic snapshots might be much harder to detect. For the casual user, distinguishing a down-disabled device from one that's got a slight charge trickling through it, especially if it happens to be connected to a charger, is going to be easy to get wrong.