@schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1230arrow-down1external-linkMalware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230github.com@schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Kelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•5 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-square@PetteriPano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 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-square@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 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-square@noodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agothere used to be phones with pop-up cameras for a year or two.
minus-square@jcs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 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.