Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230

Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by whatevaa on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:08AM (#42264981)

Well i have Pinebook Pro and it's pretty much abandonware, pine doesn't do any software and OSS lacks maintainers, nobody want's it, e-waste laptop. Take it as you will.

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Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by megous on Thursday November 28, 2024 @01:41PM (#42267583)

Yeah, that's nonsense. Pinebook Pro is well supported by Linux kernel and you can thus put any aarch64 Linux distro on it. And it's been this way for the last 3-4 years at the very least.

I've been using it daily for 3 years for watching movies and main notebook while traveling.

It's not at all abandonware or e-waste.

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Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by KetoManx64 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @02:36PM (#42268003)

Don't they warn you on the product page that you are buying hardware that is fully reliant on the community for functionality? That's the reason it's so inexpensive

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