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Re:Hard, Not Soft, Kill Switches by eloy on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:12AM (#10277924)
> There is other NO laptop on the market today that has a physical means to turn off a machine’s built in Webcam and Microphone.

That was shocking to read, actually. I assumed that Purism wasn't the only company doing this.

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Re:Hard, Not Soft, Kill Switches by CuttlefishXXX on Friday September 25, 2015 @10:06AM (#10278199)
>a physical means to turn off a machine’s built in Webcam

I actually had one on my last laptop, namely a piece of black insulation tape which I had placed over the lens.

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