Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera

Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by saagarjha on Saturday July 11, 2020 @03:33AM (#23800311)

This used to be a thing, where you’d flash the LED briefly and hope the user didn’t notice. But new Macs prevent this by having a minimum duration the light will remain on.

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by jordan314 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:17AM (#23811101)

FWIW I tried using the command line utility isightcapture on my 2019 macbook, and the LED turned on for 4-5 seconds and I got a dialog asking if I wanted to allow access to the camera. So this seems to be true. I still have a camera cover though

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Re:Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera by dahfizz on Saturday July 11, 2020 @09:13AM (#23801965)

Hm, seems like the LED has some logic to it and isn't just connected directly to the camera....

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