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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by SAI_Peregrinus on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:35PM (#23796138)
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T480. Its webcam switch is a slider that covers the webcam lens. You don't need a fancy microscope, or a solid understanding of EE, or tens of thousands of hours. You need the ability to see the slider cover the lens. Takes all of half a second and at least 1 eye.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by stjohnswarts on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:33PM (#23797854)
Yeah but it's just as easy to put some black tape over most laptop cameras. Evidently apple decided to not consider that option
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by drdaeman on Friday July 10, 2020 @05:22PM (#23796647)
Plot twist: the slider material could be opaque in the visible spectrum but transparent in IR.

/s

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by valuearb on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:13PM (#23797183)
And the hackers still win, cause no one remembers to slide it shut after a call, and they can hack the led so there is no physical indicator when they are watching.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by macintux on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:50PM (#23797497)
I honestly can't remember the last time I used my camera during a company meeting, and I've been working remotely since March.

So, there's definitely value to a built-in cover; in my case it would stay shut permanently.

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by valuearb on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:17PM (#23798530)
A piece of tape does that without the security theatre of a cover.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by SAI_Peregrinus on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:42PM (#23798677)
I prefer aluminum foil under the tape that's over the lens so it can be flipped up out of the way easily but still block the view. But the cover does the same thing and doesn't take the effort of putting in a piece of tape.
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