I agree regarding the title, but I would say the bit about safeguards is not entirely obvious. For example a webcam with a led indicator. If the led is in series with the image sensor, even if the firmware gets hacked the led would turn on when recording regardless of the computer it is connected to.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
This is interesting and the article makes this very clear up front but the title is a little clickbait-y, because this requires a fully compromised device. I think it should be fairly obvious that if your device is fully compromised that built in safeguards are not reliable.
assa123@lemmy.world 5 days ago
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Yeah it feels weird to base the article around the privacy dots, but I suppose this may be an article for a more targeted audience.
anguo@piefed.ca 6 days ago
fartographer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Oh, fuck your profile pic so fucking hard, you bastard.
For the more reasonable part of my comment: I think that basing the article around the privacy dots is either meant to scare-bait, or reduce complacency in iOS users who say that “I know my phone is safe because it tells me when it’s recording me.”