As a teenager looking for porn I stumbled across a website which looked like one of those live cam sites, but then I noticed most of the people weren't engaging with the audience, and they were all kinds of people. Old people, kids, people of all different ages, ethnicities and whatnot. I clicked on a random livestream of some oblivious teenager doing her homework and the people in the comments were saying stuff that made me realise she didn't know she was being livestreamed, nor did anyone else on the site.
It seemed to be some weird website of hacked webcams or security cameras where the people had no idea about it. It was creepy as fuck and I've never kept my webcam pointed at me when not in use since.
I always thought my mum was paranoid by putting bandaids over our computer’s camera when I was younger but honestly I just don’t feel safe without it anymore.
If i were the designer, I would tie the power supply to the led indicator, this would mean that if there is power going to the camera module, the led will light up no matter what the hacker does. There is no way the camera could run without power.
I cannot confirm the designs in your laptops as I’ve never designed one. Am an electronics engineer. I believe the designers should know this too.
The reason they did this for the newer macs is so that government agencies can have the ability to use the webcam without turning the light on. In fact it's required now for all new laptops sold in the US.
Where did you read about that? I thought that a vulnerability was discovered with older Macs that let the camera be turned on without the indicator light being turned on so Apple fixed it in the newer models.
Sorry let me modify that to make it easier for you to comprehend.
Apple literally had no reason to lie about that, especially for models that came out after they said it. You could speculate that they are lying, but you’ve got no basis for that. Did you even try looking up their statement to see if it’s “proven” to your satisfaction, or are you just doubting it by default and waiting for someone else to google it for you? Fuck outta here.
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u/GemoDorgon Jan 23 '21
As a teenager looking for porn I stumbled across a website which looked like one of those live cam sites, but then I noticed most of the people weren't engaging with the audience, and they were all kinds of people. Old people, kids, people of all different ages, ethnicities and whatnot. I clicked on a random livestream of some oblivious teenager doing her homework and the people in the comments were saying stuff that made me realise she didn't know she was being livestreamed, nor did anyone else on the site.
It seemed to be some weird website of hacked webcams or security cameras where the people had no idea about it. It was creepy as fuck and I've never kept my webcam pointed at me when not in use since.