Re:France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phon...
by dunham on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:53PM
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I should have included the caveat that my comment was from memory.
I just did some brief research, and it seems that it was the case prior to some point in time between 2008 and 2019, but it is now hard-wired. It is discussed near the end of https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams
The engineer quoted in the article pointed out that it may be possible (at least in 2019) to briefly turn the camera on - flashing the led too quickly for someone to see.
I didn't find a discussion of this issue in the May 2022 Apple Platform Security guide.
I just did some brief research, and it seems that it was the case prior to some point in time between 2008 and 2019, but it is now hard-wired. It is discussed near the end of https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams
The engineer quoted in the article pointed out that it may be possible (at least in 2019) to briefly turn the camera on - flashing the led too quickly for someone to see.
I didn't find a discussion of this issue in the May 2022 Apple Platform Security guide.