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Re:Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor fo... by samfisher83 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:22PM (#12825047)
Why not just have a hard switch to cut the power to the camera. It is pretty low tech. Would be hard to hack without flipping the switch. No way camera could operate without power.
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Re:Intel driven MacBook Pros have secondary ARM processor fo... by jws on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:32PM (#12825105)
A physical power switch would take more volume in the computer than the camera itself and would have a failure rate at least an order of magnitude higher than the camera. Things which people physically operate need to be physically more robust than electronic components on a circuit board.
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