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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by valuearb on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:17PM (#23797219)
On new Macs the light is a minimum 3 seconds even for a single frame photo. Anyone monitoring you has to turn the light in just to see if you are there, and what you are doing, and will likely have to watch for hours to catch any incriminating footage.

You will have plenty of notice.

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by soonoutoftime on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:49PM (#23798721)
> will likely have to watch for hours to catch any incriminating footage

It's not just 'incriminating footage' that's the problem. There are perfectly legal sites I visit that I'd prefer didn't have a photo identifying me. Takes only seconds to snap such a picture if using an exploit like the safari one in April.

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by valuearb on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:52AM (#23799896)
They can take a photo of you, not the web site.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by abstrakraft on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:08PM (#23797661)
And what sort of hardware switch is it that guarantees the 3 second minimum?
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by captn3m0 on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:14PM (#23797705)
A capacitor?
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by abstrakraft on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:17PM (#23798894)
A capacitor would also mean that you could quickly switch the camera on and off without triggering the light.
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