Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
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Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
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Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#2Am I the only one who doesn't have a microphone or webcam in my laptop these days (6 year old Lenovo T61)? It didn't come with a webcam and I unplugged the mic.
I can't stand the thought of them pointing at me.
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#3Am I the only one who doesn't have a microphone or webcam in my laptop these days (6 year old Lenovo T61)? It didn't come with a webcam and I unplugged the mic. I can't stand the thought of them pointing at me.
Appropriate user name is appropriate.
I've got a bit of electrical tape over the spycam on my own laptop. Mics I haven't disabled, though I suspect I should...
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#4Am I the only one who doesn't have a microphone or webcam in my laptop these days (6 year old Lenovo T61)? It didn't come with a webcam and I unplugged the mic. I can't stand the thought of them pointing at me.
Appropriate user name is appropriate. I've got a bit of electrical tape over the spycam on my own laptop. Mics I haven't disabled, though I suspect I should...
Lol,... Me too.
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#5I would be more useful if someone made a sticker of some sort that allows you to cover the camera when you don't need it, and pull off easily when you do. Maybe a little magnet would do the trick.
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#6Perhaps tangential, but is there any way to be certain whether the webcam light can be controlled by software?
I often wonder if my MBP camera is necessarily off just because the ominous little green light isn't shining.
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#7I would be more useful if someone made a sticker of some sort that allows you to cover the camera when you don't need it, and pull off easily when you do. Maybe a little magnet would do the trick.
You want this: http://www.c-slide.com/
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#8Perhaps tangential, but is there any way to be certain whether the webcam light can be controlled by software? I often wonder if my MBP camera is necessarily off just because the ominous little green light isn't shining.
I don't think so. It seems like software controls whether that little green light is on. Unless the green light is on whenever the webcam is powered.
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#9Am I the only one who doesn't have a microphone or webcam in my laptop these days (6 year old Lenovo T61)? It didn't come with a webcam and I unplugged the mic. I can't stand the thought of them pointing at me.
Buy one of those stickers and nobody will ever have to know!
Re: Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
#10Perhaps tangential, but is there any way to be certain whether the webcam light can be controlled by software? I often wonder if my MBP camera is necessarily off just because the ominous little green light isn't shining.
I don't think so. It seems like software controls whether that little green light is on. Unless the green light is on whenever the webcam is powered.
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