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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Either buy a sticker cover with a slider or get lenovo laptops that have that builtin; even though the slider is confusionary since when it's closed it's a red dot. Im sure that there must be other brands that integrate it as well

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem with those is that it's often just a piece of plastic, so the microphone isn't cut off from power. The webcam sees noching, but sound is unaffected.

[–] synapse1278 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hackers won't have much to blackmail me, I fap completely silently.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's more about privacy. Windows might access your mic to get more data on you for advertising, wouldn't be anything new.

[–] synapse1278 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am joking of course. I am a privacy freak myself:

  1. All my computers run Linux
  2. I self-host all what I can and encrypt as much as I can by myself too
  3. On desktop, Mic and Cam are connected to a USB hub with individual switches such that they are powered ON only when I need them
  4. Laptop is a Framework 13 with HW switches for both Cam and Mic

There is something about the webcam switch on the Lenovo from work, that I like better than the Framework: The switch also physically blocks the camera. It makes me feel more safe and it's actually much more intuitive to understand when it is disable. On Framework, the switch shows either red or black, but I never know what is enable and disable. Is it red for "Careful, it's active !" or red for "Disable" ? (It's Red=Disable, Black=Active).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s how my Dell work machine is. The switch slides some red plastic over the lens.