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β The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be...unhinged
thorcik@catsalad 66 participants would make this even better ;)
ToniTheFemboy
Ulrik Nyman ⬑@catsalad Hardware switches for cameras are really important!
Velvet@catsalad And that's why direct hardware control is more important than software control. A camera cover would do wonders here.
π€ vea π@rgbunny @catsalad
Yeah, @frameworkcomputer laptops have two switches next to the camera, one for the camera and one for the mic. Theyβre really cool and Iβd love to see that on more computers
Yeah, @frameworkcomputer laptops have two switches next to the camera, one for the camera and one for the mic. Theyβre really cool and Iβd love to see that on more computers
Waocats@catsalad hahaha but surely this is not real, right...?
.....right???
Neko 
@neko @catsalad If many businesses didn't start doing RTO, I think it would be all the more believable that something this dystopian would make its way into video conferencing software eventually...
Speaking of dystopian, I believe previous versions of Webex allowed hosts to turn people's mics on without their consent (src: https://web.archive.org/web/20240704085227/https://help.webex.com/en-us/article/nz09ab5/Webex-App-%7C-Mute-or-unmute-other-people-in-a-meeting#id_92642)
ash 
@waocats @catsalad probably not https://fullfact.org/online/Google-Meet-cameras-on-satire-account/
Still happy my work laptop includes a physical slider for the camera tho :D
Turn on all you want, nothing to see but the infinite void xD
Still happy my work laptop includes a physical slider for the camera tho :D
Turn on all you want, nothing to see but the infinite void xD
Jeff Grigg@darkphoenix @catsalad @waocats
Dittos!
"Turn on" the cameras all you want.
Every camera in this place is physically covered until or unless I wish to share my video. π₯
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For laptops without integrated covers, there are inexpensive products for this purpose:
https://www.google.com/search?q=laptop+camera+cover+slide&udm=28
Christopher Paun 
Jacob
Byron 
@catsalad the button of the face of pure evil
madmax@catsalad Sandboxing app might help like in android or linux's flatpak, where you need to give permission to access devices. But a tape is definitely better.
Marijke Luttekes@catsalad And this is why you physically cover your camera when you don't use it.
The1goit @catsalad is it possible to learn this power?
Jason St-Cyr 
@catsalad For those asking, no this is not a real thing.
https://fullfact.org/online/Google-Meet-cameras-on-satire-account/
Klara pΓ₯ KrΓ₯kmakargatan β€οΈ@catsalad What the fuck?
walnut@catsalad
I kind of hate that this is a feature honestly.
I kind of hate that this is a feature honestly.
anedroid
Mimosarts@catsalad god I loved the fact that my laptop had a physical camera cover during distanced courses
@infosec_jcp ππ done differentlyInteresting.
#Malware like #StateSponsoredMalware from #NSOGroup & #GammGroup have had this ' feature ' for decades.
Unhinged & __creepy__π€__weird__
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Orca π» | π | πͺ | π΄π³οΈββ§οΈ@catsalad Open my camera and see a piece of pink tape on it β
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jan commandante ullrich@catsalad c'mon do it yo hon
garland@catsalad This is why there is a sticky note covering the camera on my laptop.
Timothy Wolodzko@tymwol Hackers hate this one simple trick!
EndlessMason@catsalad
"Oh my god what are you wearing"
Brief pause, "me? Nothing, why? What? Listen if you want to talk dirty you'll have to join my only fans and wait until after I finish this meeting"
Brother Soul
Landsil@Landsil Yeah, it's just a meme edit πΉ
||| /\ |/ [ []@catsalad I risked much more with an open mic than with the webcam and there is no hw mic cover for that π
@zabow Take an old mic jack, cut the wire and plug it in! I keep a few of those handy :3
Klaus Frank
Jernej SimoncΜiΔ οΏ½@catsalad My laptop's camera is permanently off (and when I'm at work, the laptop is also stashed behind my screens), so good luck with that.
RegLove that so many people employ physical means to block cameras.
haliphax πΎ@catsalad Then you can see the back of the index card I hang over my webcam π