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Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security by tenebrisalietum on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:32PM (#20822620)
With cameras and mics, they need to be removeable plug-in items. It may make a device a millimeter thicker but I'm sure the truly security-conscious wouldn't mind.
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Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security by rightbyte on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:35PM (#20823730)
A mechanical switch would do it for me. I tape the camera on my laptop till then.
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Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security by bifrost on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:58PM (#20823902)
Or they could prevent the drivers from being loaded, like I did :)
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