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JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If your computer uses the camera for ambient light sensing instead of a separate sensor, they definitely fucked up building it.

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  • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The sensors are usually pretty close to the camera, so the chances of taping over it are relatively high.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      tape over it and set your brightness by hand.

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      • 3ntranced@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Brightness has another option other than maximum? Contrast and black point my lads.

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    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wait is that what those little holes do???

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      • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There’s usually 3 or 4 holes.

        Camera lens, light sensor and microphone.

        I did helpdesk during the pandemic and the number of tickets for “poor microphone quality” was insane. Most people used tape or bandaids to cover the camera… And microphone

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      • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes. Usually you have a brightness and sometimes also a proximity sensor. Proximity is usually used for phones so they can deactivate the screen if you hold the phone like an actual phone against your ear.

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have had one like that in a while but some cheap models did. Looking at you Toshiba Satellite.

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Several smartphones do this too.

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