alt Hacker NewsAnd camera slider cases are privacy theater. If somehow someone activated your camera remotely, don’t you think they could also activate your microphone, and your GPS?
And camera slider cases are privacy theater. If somehow someone activated your camera remotely, don’t you think they could also activate your microphone, and your GPS?
Everything is theater if one is cynical enough. One can very obviously find value in blocking the camera, even if other sensors remain active.
That said, I do see merit to flagging these. Related surprises are usually e.g. speakers being possible to use as microphones, and accelerometer data being possible to use for location tracking in lieu of GPS / any kind of radio, just not remotely & live ofc.