Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam

Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by wtf_is_frp on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:04AM (#11952417)

So... is it possible to turn on a webcam without the light? (referring to macs)

I used to tape it, but stopped out of fear of looking stupid.

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Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by vilda on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:18AM (#11952466)

Apparently yes in some cases, iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED [1]

[1] https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2...

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Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by jimboj on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @08:29AM (#11953325)

That only works on pre 2008 Macs, I haven't seen any evidence about it being possible on later models.

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Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by optforfon on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:14AM (#11952445)

I think when you're a person as important as Zuckerberg - it'd not be unreasonable to think you're under surveillance by other governments and so you probably can't easily guarantee that your hardware hasn't been tampered with.

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Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by 746F7475 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:06AM (#11952421)

The light is controller via software, it would be wiser if the light took power from the camera (e.g. if camera was powered the light would be on), but currently it doesn't do that.

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Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam by 746F7475 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @12:36PM (#11955170)

Why did I get downvoted?

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