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		ht85 on April 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unauthorized access to cameras in Safari on macOS ... I'm not sure about smartphones but it seems like a physical cover would be a perfect fit on a notebook. Maybe the reason it isn't done is that it gives bad vibes to people about being spied on without their knowledge?

tinus_hn on April 3, 2020 [–]

Many modern laptops now come with a physical lid you can manually slide over the camera.

The reason this isn’t being done more is because of course this leads to people wondering why their camera doesn’t work when the lid is on.

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