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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by sscarduzio on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:25PM (#23797288)
Ironically for Americans' wariness China, the "pop-up webcam" in Huawei laptops completely resolves the security and trust issue, by providing a physical way to disable the camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKY3hvYKPpA

Too bad it mainly shows your nostrils :(

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by int_19h on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:43PM (#23797949)
There are plenty of laptops with a built-in hardware cover for the camera.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by PascLeRasc on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:58PM (#23797576)
The attack most people are worried about is your camera being activated while your laptop is open. Huawei's approach seems worse since you can't just apply a cover to it.
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by a_t48 on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:10PM (#23797675)
What? It's a physical button, you have to press it to open. I don't think there's a software control for it, is there?
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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by PascLeRasc on Friday July 10, 2020 @08:06PM (#23798099)
Oh I didn't know that, I thought it popped up when the camera was activated. My mistake.
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