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-square125fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down15
arrow-up1731arrow-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-square125fedilink
minus-squareLets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago I dont know why few manufacturers dont just put a simple sliding shutter over the camera. There is an end user support concern with this. I prefer sliders, but users will put in tickets saying their camera doesn’t work. I still buy lenovo just for this professionally.
minus-squarepiccolo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoreally easy solution. if camera detects pitch black… pop up an error message with an illustration on how they need to move the shutter.
minus-squareLets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agothat could work, or perhaps have a cut-out on the camera cover that blurs all light going in and has the words written on it “shutter closed” or something. Digital way built into the driver is probably easiest.
There is an end user support concern with this. I prefer sliders, but users will put in tickets saying their camera doesn’t work.
I still buy lenovo just for this professionally.
really easy solution. if camera detects pitch black… pop up an error message with an illustration on how they need to move the shutter.
that could work, or perhaps have a cut-out on the camera cover that blurs all light going in and has the words written on it “shutter closed” or something. Digital way built into the driver is probably easiest.