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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by nixpulvis on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:17PM (#18835984)
I'd love to see people spending >$1,000 on a new iPhone "for the camera", only to cover it with electrical tape.

This sounds like something out of Silicon Valley.

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by baddox on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:58PM (#18836248)
Yes, it would be absurd for any one person to do both of those things, but I highly doubt that has occurred.
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by paulryanrogers on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:23PM (#18836045)
It is rather amazing that smartphone cameras are so feature packed, yet still lack a lens cover. Something as old as cameras themselves.
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by nixpulvis on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:27PM (#18836064)
Old cameras didn't exactly fit in your pocket, and didn't have sapphire glass...

Though I do think it would be nice to have a hardware (iris?) way to close off the camera. Some laptops have this, though I'm sad mine doesn't.

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by walterbell on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:56PM (#18836241)
They are available for phones and laptops, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B66VZ97/
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by sky_rw on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:05PM (#18836281)
+1 these are awesome. I have them on all my devices.
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by _emacsomancer_ on Saturday January 05, 2019 @11:27PM (#18836570)
That's pretty nice. I'll have to see if I can find some designed for ThinkPads and Samsung phones.
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by erklik on Saturday January 05, 2019 @11:41PM (#18836617)
Should work on all Laptops, not sure what's different about ThinkPads. Probably won't work on Samsung phones though.
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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by Finnucane on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:39PM (#18836419)
“Is that a Hasselblad in your pocket, or are just having a really bad day?”
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