Should You Cover Your Laptop Camera When It’s Not in Use? - Consumer Reports
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  • Draconic NEO
    2•4 days ago

    Maybe that’s why many PCs these days don’t have them, and also why they don’t have network kill-switches anymore. People just got confused and thought something was broken.

    • @Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
      4•3 days ago

      I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’ve since been issued new laptops for work that have physical covers built in and I’m a big fan of those, though I know it doesn’t disable a mic.