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minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down20·3 months agoTeach your child to cover front-facing cameras with tape.
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoOn a laptop running Linux?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down18·3 months agoFront-facing cameras should not exist. Yes, on everything. Did xz not just happen? Physically block the light.
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 months agoI’m fairly certain xz wasn’t exfiltrating camera feeds…
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·3 months agoThat’s not the point. The point is “linux” is not reason to inherently trust a system. Cover your cameras (as a compromise to ripping them out with a soldering iron).
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf your network is properly set up, would that matter?
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoPretty sure someone who is giving their kids a Linux laptop knows enough to set up a firewall on their network…
minus-square_MusicJunkie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·3 months agoIf someone has enough access to your system to covertly use the camera, then the camera is the last thing you need to worry about. Nobody is interested in looking at you. Getting your payment data, or private data, that is much more interesting.
minus-squareeveninghere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoThere are scammers who want your masturbation recorded. The Chinese Communist Party has a face database for surveillance.
minus-square_MusicJunkie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd if they have access to your computer, they can get much more useful information, both for extortion and surveillance.
minus-squareeveninghere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoNah, no reason to downplay webcams. The average user’d probably get ransomware attack. And if not, cam girl scams. I’d have a look on r/scam rather than argue theoretical worst cases.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·3 months agoWhy would you give them that extra inch though? Cover your cameras.
minus-squareeveninghere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI have no idea why this is causing some weird controversy. Strange arguments out there.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoYou do you as we live in a free world. The only thing I would be concerned about it if it was illegal to cover your camera
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·3 months ago You do you as we live in a free world. You don’t know where I live. The only thing I would be concerned about it if it was illegal to cover your camera You not concerned about the possibility of someone spying on you? Regardless, treating cameras as eyes is damn good practice.
Teach your child to cover front-facing cameras with tape.
On a laptop running Linux?
Front-facing cameras should not exist. Yes, on everything.
Did xz not just happen?
Physically block the light.
I’m fairly certain xz wasn’t exfiltrating camera feeds…
That’s not the point. The point is “linux” is not reason to inherently trust a system.
Cover your cameras (as a compromise to ripping them out with a soldering iron).
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If your network is properly set up, would that matter?
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Pretty sure someone who is giving their kids a Linux laptop knows enough to set up a firewall on their network…
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If someone has enough access to your system to covertly use the camera, then the camera is the last thing you need to worry about.
Nobody is interested in looking at you. Getting your payment data, or private data, that is much more interesting.
There are scammers who want your masturbation recorded. The Chinese Communist Party has a face database for surveillance.
And if they have access to your computer, they can get much more useful information, both for extortion and surveillance.
Nah, no reason to downplay webcams.
The average user’d probably get ransomware attack. And if not, cam girl scams. I’d have a look on r/scam rather than argue theoretical worst cases.
Why would you give them that extra inch though? Cover your cameras.
I have no idea why this is causing some weird controversy. Strange arguments out there.
You do you as we live in a free world. The only thing I would be concerned about it if it was illegal to cover your camera
You don’t know where I live.
You not concerned about the possibility of someone spying on you? Regardless, treating cameras as eyes is damn good practice.