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Re:Apple’s User-Facing Cameras Have Been Flawed for More Tha... by jonchang on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:40PM (#24876507)
Note that this hasn't been a problem for Apple hardware released after 2008, according to an Apple engineer:

> All cameras after that one were different: The hardware team tied the LED to a hardware signal from the sensor: If the (I believe) vertical sync was active, the LED would light up. There is NO firmware control to disable/enable the LED. The actual firmware is indeed flashable, but the part is not a generic part and there are mechanisms in place to verify the image being flashed. […]

Scroll about halfway down, there's more detail that I haven't quoted.

https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams

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Re:Apple’s User-Facing Cameras Have Been Flawed for More Tha... by jtsiskin on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:28AM (#24876946)
Yes, the post and title contradict what apple says, and from other sources seems to be flat out wrong.
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Re:Apple’s User-Facing Cameras Have Been Flawed for More Tha... by krono on Saturday October 24, 2020 @04:45AM (#24877836)
Even if "they" don't manage to disable the light, the harm has already been done.

The problem is not that I want to know when I'm being watched. I just don't want to be watched at all.

No such problems with a physical cover.

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