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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by gavinsyancey on Friday February 20, 2026 @06:43AM (#47086779)
The laptop also contains a normal microphone. You can't access this without root; if you have that you have permissions to access the real microphone.
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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by nottorp on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:19AM (#47087105)
... but think how much "engagement" a "security expert" would get out of this!
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Re:Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Sili... by 1e1a on Sunday February 22, 2026 @04:21AM (#47109598)
I can access the IMU without root on my M4 mac running Sequoia
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