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Re:Bossware is a big legal risk by davely on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @05:55PM (#40372890)
Ah, that's an interesting point. I haven't tried to correlate that, but it must be true. For example, the screensaver never seems to appear during Zoom calls!
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Re:Bossware is a big legal risk by Izkata on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @06:14PM (#40373057)
That might also be implemented as "don't start the screensaver if the camera is in use". Easy to detect in either /proc/ or /sys/, I forget which one I was fiddling with.
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Re:Bossware is a big legal risk by hunter2_ on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @06:25PM (#40373166)
Nah, I know people who use Zoom for this purpose without the camera enabled. It's just Zoom invoking the OS's wake lock.
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