Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1852arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1847arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square137fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoEven neater if there is a hardware switch to enable/disable on the fly.
minus-squarehushable@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·3 months agoit is best to switch to Linux so the webcam doesn’t work even if you wanted to (old joke I know)
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDell work laptops and all in ones have had a manual slide shutter for years.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBut not mic, the mic and camera should have physical ways to disable.
Even neater if there is a hardware switch to enable/disable on the fly.
it is best to switch to Linux so the webcam doesn’t work even if you wanted to
(old joke I know)
Dell work laptops and all in ones have had a manual slide shutter for years.
But not mic, the mic and camera should have physical ways to disable.