Should You Cover Your Laptop Camera When It’s Not in Use?

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• OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Get a laptop with hardware switches for the camera and microphone, tbh

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  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Got any examples? I found that Purism and Framework have them, are there others on the market right now?

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    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Never seen one I’d actually trust for the mic, but I’ve seen a lot of Lenovos that have sliding covers for the camera.

      I’m a little reluctant to put an adhesive slider on my MacBook because it closes pretty tight and I’m afraid the extra thickness would create a pressure point and cause damage over time.

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    • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a framework. I’m not aware of any others though. But I do remember that physical wifi switches were common on HPs back about 15-20 years ago.

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    • foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s rare for laptop to come with hardware switches for microphones but some of them are built with camera switches

      Have seen a Dell Latitude 5400 (I think) with an hardware camera cover

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• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, tape can’t mute the microphones.

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  • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    a microphone jack with a cut cable, if you insist

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    • foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In our scenario we are thinking about someone trying to sneak on you. But a jack mic cut off is not removing the internal microphone just putting the source to a different one. So if this person has access to your PC he coule surely access other sensors than the cut off jack

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  • sqgl@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Article suggests workaround.

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• selkiesidhe@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When I saw Schmuckerberg using tape over the camera I knew we should all be doing that

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• EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I cover mine against my own mistake - just in case I accidentally turn on (or leave on) a camera during some call.

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• chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you cover your webcam and still uses facebook, instagram, tiktok and has a google account you are wasting your time

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• Saledovil@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My laptop has a build in camera cover that can be slid over the camera. I wonder if this is some sort of trick, like the cover is actually transparent from the inside.

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