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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by soonpls on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:30AM (#24130423)
The 'nudity' scenario is somewhere along the lines of you being in a video call, and your loved one walking naked in the background, or just forgetting to close the webcam while you change, etc.

We realize it's not a common scenario, but even if it would work once or twice per year, it would still be saving you from a very awkward situation, thus the value we see in this.

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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by bcraven on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:37AM (#24130484)
Politician offers to resign after showering during live video meeting

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/councillor-s...

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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by kohtatsu on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:47AM (#24130556)
Pretty wholesome.

Unfortunately he believed minimizing the app would cut the video.

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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by newsbinator on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:09AM (#24130736)
There's no substitute for a hardwired camera-on indicator light.

Otherwise politicians are going to keep showering on camera during meetings, instead of showering off-camera during meetings, like they're supposed to.

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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by tachyonbeam on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:06AM (#24132181)
I know that the webcam USB API requires the on-off light to be controlled in software, but can't webcams just... Ignore that, and just control it in hardware? It seems to me that would be better for everyone. Heck, we could mandate webcams have hardware indicator lights by law. You can always tape over them if they bother you.
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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by microcolonel on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:17AM (#24132891)
It's kinda a mix of things. Webcams built with IR sensors and emitters (like the Logitech BRIO 4K) don't use the indicator while using the IR, though you can clearly see the pulsating near-infrared LED while it's on.

On Linux at least, if you open the v4l2 device for a device like this, it will turn on the indicator directly, and I don't think you can attach to it with libusb while it's otherwise in use by v4l2. In practice, I think the worst you could do from userspace on Linux is show the indicator while not recording.

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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by microcolonel on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:14AM (#24132862)
I honestly don't see why he would offer to resign, seems totally innocent?
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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by RobinL on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:56AM (#24130629)
Another scenario: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52835351
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Re:Show HN: NeuralCam Live – Using ML to Turn iPhones into S... by jtbayly on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:34AM (#24131389)
Blurring it out so that people can tell what you’re doing, but not see the details? I don’t think that’s much better, honestly.
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