Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad

Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by jokit on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:05PM (#22772290)

Is there any chance this is true? If so, is there a way to trick the hardware into switching microphone off, even while being used?

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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by LeoPanthera on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:38PM (#22773727)

It’s a physical magnetic switch. The article does explain this.

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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by randyrand on Friday April 03, 2020 @05:20PM (#22774053)

But magnet does not appear in the article?

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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by jokit on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:48PM (#22773812)

I suppose what I meant to ask is, does anyone have any evidence of this being actually true? If so, how would one specifically mimic a closed lid? In lieu of us doing our own experiments, has anyone discovered the appropriate size/strength magnet, and precisely where it could be placed, or whatever other tactic, to activate this hardware switch?

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