Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square121fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down13
arrow-up1204arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThankfully most laptops I see now come with a built in physical cover for the webcam.
minus-squareulkesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAnd in context of this post…Mac laptops do not. So the scotch tape (or black tape) idea is sound.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe issue with those is that you might get told to uncover your camera. With Magic Tape you can always say that it is uncovered. Light goes through, so you can pretend that maybe the camera is busted.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf they tell you to uncover your camera at home then we got problems.
Thankfully most laptops I see now come with a built in physical cover for the webcam.
And in context of this post…Mac laptops do not. So the scotch tape (or black tape) idea is sound.
The issue with those is that you might get told to uncover your camera. With Magic Tape you can always say that it is uncovered. Light goes through, so you can pretend that maybe the camera is busted.
If they tell you to uncover your camera at home then we got problems.