Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst...
by longdustytrail on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @08:09PM
(#42261407)
This doesn’t seem that wild to me. Zoom already prompts me to unmute my microphone when I cough.
Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst...
by nrp on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:26AM
(#42262703)
We have that on the most recent generation of Framework Laptop. When the hardware privacy switch is engaged, the image sensor is electrically powered off and the camera controller feeds a dummy frame with an illustration of the switch.
Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst...
by dvergeylen on Thursday November 28, 2024 @03:50AM
(#42263685)
Happy Framework customer here, I just wanted to say thank you for all your efforts on privacy.
Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst...
by vaylian on Thursday November 28, 2024 @01:32AM
(#42262952)
Is there a video or some images of this somewhere? I would love to see a demonstration.
Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst...
by netsharc on Thursday November 28, 2024 @04:23AM
(#42263835)
I looked it up on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6AsIqAmpeQ&t=1145s
And adding 2+2, the man being interviewed (Nirav Patel) is the same man who replied to my comment (HN user nrp), i.e. the man who actually did the overengineering.
If you rewind to 17:03, he talks about the changes of what the switch does (previously: USB disconnection, now: as he described in grandparent comment).
In some over-engineered world, when the camera cover is engaged the webcam video feed would be replaced by an image of the text "Slide camera cover open" (in the user's language) and an animation showing the user how to do so.