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Re:Google Forcing Nest Cameras’ Visual Indicator Light To Be On by natch on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:33PM (#20701466)
>On one hand, yay, now I'll know for sure...

But we won't know for sure. As you say in the next line, it's software controlled, so it could be showing the light and recording nothing, or vice versa, or behaving as documented.

Re:Google Forcing Nest Cameras’ Visual Indicator Light To Be On by jedberg on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:01AM (#20702709)
The implication is that most people will assume it hasn’t been hacked and is therefore lit when on.