Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Consider It, Too

Re:Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Cons... by tyhui on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:47AM (#11961264)

The circuit that delivers electricity to the Mac camera goes through the green light diode.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Cons... by rhexs on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:49AM (#11961292)

Hope that's the case. Always seemed like a better idea than having it be firmware controlled.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Cons... by rocky1138 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:37AM (#11961817)

It is not the case: http://www.tested.com/tech/mac-os/459491-mac-webcam-hack-pro...

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Cons... by pavel_lishin on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:42AM (#11961860)

It is for newer macs:

> If you have a new-ish Mac, don't panic--this hack is for older iSight cameras, although it's possible that newer Mac cameras have their own vulnerabilities.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Cons... by rocky1138 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:52AM (#11961944)

Can you confirm that new Macs are safe?

This sentence doesn't do that.

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