schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1276file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1276external-linkMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months 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-up6·3 months 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-up7·3 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-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agothere used to be phones with pop-up cameras for a year or two.
minus-squarejcs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe Librem 5 offers hardware killswitches on the side of the phone, and the Pinephone offers hardware killswitches in the rear of the device after removing the backplate.
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.
there used to be phones with pop-up cameras for a year or two.
The Librem 5 offers hardware killswitches on the side of the phone, and the Pinephone offers hardware killswitches in the rear of the device after removing the backplate.