Laptop Webcam Privacy
Cluster focuses on privacy concerns with built-in laptop webcams and recommendations for physical solutions like tape covers, shutters, or disabling hardware to prevent unauthorized spying or access.
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Sounds like there almost needs to be an incognito mode for cameras.
Seems more like a missing feature, you can physically cover your webcam if you're that paranoid.
or disable your camera device/driver in windows? if you are using it so little that you want to cover it, you might as well disable it.
Why not use a regular webcam with some diffusing glass in front to protect privacy?
Cover the camera with some tape? That's what I do with my laptop camera.
How about a physical webcam blocker so all you get is a black screen?
This is why I got a shutter on m laptop camera. It's mechanicl, and I can see it's on or off. It should be a legal obligation to provide those, for camera and mic.
Do you really expect people to just give you access to their webcameras? Looks shady.
I wonder if the LED of the webcam was on when they where spyed (and more generally if you can disable those by software).
Easy fix: a piece of tape over your camera, that you only remove when you actually want to display yourself (and your surroundings) to the world.