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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by Godel_unicode on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:11PM (#23797682)
The T chip in modern MacBooks is the T2, and it's certainly used for the mic cutoff. I'm unaware of public disclosures around it's use for the camera.

https://support.apple.com/guide/security/hardware-microphone...

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by saagarjha on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:26PM (#23798574)
On MacBooks the disconnect is done without the T2 being involved.
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