schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoMost laptops have a physical slider that can mask the camera. But I don’t know of any tablets or phones that offer this feature.
minus-squarePetteriPano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI have a thin stick-on slider for my laptops. It’d look clunky, but you can stick it on any tablet or phone.
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoExcept these days the camera is a hole in the screen in a mobile phone, so you’d be effectively blocking part of the screen too.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoThat hole in the screen is always black, so covering up the hole (and only the hole) won’t make you miss a thing.
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoYeah…but usually the the sticker ones with a slide have a space where the cover slides to, and all that space will be over the screen. Unless you want to permanently cover the punch-hole camera.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days ago Unless you want to permanently cover the punch-hole camera
Most laptops have a physical slider that can mask the camera. But I don’t know of any tablets or phones that offer this feature.
I have a thin stick-on slider for my laptops. It’d look clunky, but you can stick it on any tablet or phone.
Except these days the camera is a hole in the screen in a mobile phone, so you’d be effectively blocking part of the screen too.
That hole in the screen is always black, so covering up the hole (and only the hole) won’t make you miss a thing.
Yeah…but usually the the sticker ones with a slide have a space where the cover slides to, and all that space will be over the screen. Unless you want to permanently cover the punch-hole camera.