Subj : Zoom anyone?
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed May 13 2020 04:19 pm

Hello Richard!

** On Wednesday 13.05.20 - 16:52, Richard Menedetter wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> A few years ago, I read that there was a way to disable the LED light
 AA>> yet enable the camera.

 RM> This depends on how the hardware is realized.
 RM> Current HW should be fine. (and you also have the mechanical slider)

Have you seen the documentary of Snowden, "Citizenfour"? (At least I  
*think* that's the one) There is a scene where he specifically explains  
why the mics and cameras on pcs can't be trusted. This is coming from a  
guy who would not purposely allow his computer to get hacked and therefore  
is probably safe from hacking.  Despite that, he disassembles that  
hardware - and only uses external devices when required.


 RM> BTW. it is the same with the microphone, only that you do not even have a
 RM> LED or slider :)

Ah.. YES!  The darn microphone.

Reminds me of the debacle of Amazon's Alexa devices going rogue and  
recording everything even without the "wake word".

Seems to me that is something Amazon could have purposely left unresolved  
for the sake of calling it a field experiment. Then, attempt to fix it  
only when someone discovers the problem and reports it.


  ../|ug

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