schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months ago Unless you want to permanently cover the punch-hole camera
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.