do you cover the camera on your laptop, /g/?
>>52299791
>implying I have a laptop
No.
>>52299791
Yes
>>52299791
of course, like any respectable /g/entooman
with semen
>>52299791
Serious question: why?
Nah. I think I'd know if there was a process running which was using it.
>>52299791
I feel bad for the indian watching my webcam
>not disabling camera and mic in BIOS
Fucking retard.
>>52299876
privacy and security.
>>52299911
>implying that disabling it in the BIOS means anything
cringe whenever i see this meme being propogated. how paranoid are you?
>>52299791
I really don't care. I believe this all started around the time that snowden released his NSA documents.
>having a camera in your house
I don't cover it up as I don't have any google software on my computer
>>52299924
What's wrong with just turning it off?
>covers camera
>doesn't realize that the NSA has special software running in the background that uses your speakers and microphone to perfectly recreate your surroundings in 3d through echolocation
ISHYGDDT
>>52299973
turning it off how?
>>52299911
That probably won't do anything since the OS takes over after booting and can get the camera running if it has the drivers for it. You have to get the drivers off of your OS. And that's stupid because people actually want to use their cameras. It's smartest to just put a piece of tape over the camera if you feel it is compromised. It's even smarter to not visit sketchy sites and downloading sketchy shit.
>>52299791
Did we not have the same thread with the same image around 16-17 hours ago?
>>52299980
If the nsa cares enough about you to actually do anything, they probably have cameras inside your house. You should be concerned with stupid malware over the nsa, because if they really care you are fucked. But anyone with a brain knows the nsa doesn't give a flying fuck about you
>>52299980
I know you're trolling but that probably will be a thing in the next 20 years when commercial microphones in people's devices stop being shit tier.
>>52300014
It's not about you personally. By utilizing this technique on every computer in the world they have a 3d representation of the entire planet available to them in real time at their whims.
>>52300021
Yes... trolling...
>>52299810
No-one implied anything about YOU, you fucking loser
>>52300013
>hp
>>52299911
you're retarded
I don't have a camera.
>>52300131
>GHB
So, date rape?
>>52300160
you forgot the V and N
No, my tin foil hat takes care of it
>>52300044
I can't say this with certainty, but I can say it with confidence: most people own shitty microphones if they own a device that has one at all. The best microphone most people have is the one in their cellphone. The average person is not being monitored through echolocation, and probably won't be for a long time because mainstream companies have no reason to make quality microphones for people who don't care about high quality sound reproduction.
The only people who need to worry about shit like that are people who have jobs which may require sensitive microphones and also have information worth stealing. Like a recording studio for famous artists, or communication networks between important figures.
>>52300044
That's not how it works
>>52299926
>>52300001
>>52300087
The main board literally disables the internal USB connector of the web cam and changes the Azalia configuration.
>>52299791
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/02/police_seize_computer_of_forme.html
>>Drago had two photos of a school district employee's breast and cleavage that authorities said they suspect may have been taken via a webcam without consent.
So it does happen, for everyone who thinks camera-coverers are crazy
>>52300187
They have algorithms that compensate for shitty microphones, bro.
>>52299995
Turn off the debice in debice menager
>>52300044
>It's not about you personally.
Right, it's about the principle, the fact that the technology can be used in such malicious ways... but I hope you don't think covering your laptop camera and boycotting major tech brands is going to improve the mass surveillance issue in any way.
As for protecting yourself against shit like this >>52300202, a cover is reasonable but you could also just use your technology responsibly and not let other people touch your shit.
>http://aplus.com/a/webcam-short-film-spying-hacking
>>52299963
>implying other software can't watch you too
>>52299791
No, Installed Gentoo.
>>52300202
But who wants to watch a NEET masturbating to cartoon lolis? Is there a market for that?
>>52300014
Actually, the gov't has publicly admitted that there are some areas of the world which they "cannot see"
I've got some duct tape on mine, but under the bezel so it actually looks respectable.
>>52300322
This is the weirdest shit I've read all day
>>52300322
You could just rig it up to stream snuff porn
>>52299791
>buying a laptop with a built-in camera
>>52299791
No, I use a macbook, its physically impossible to turn the camera on without turning the light on. I will notice.
And when I'm not using it, its closed.
>>52300201
On my laptop I have the trackpad disabled in bios and it still works in linux but not windows, so disabled doesn't always mean it is actually disabled
made a strawpoll to see stats on /g/.
>https://strawpoll.me/6478407
these are cool
>https://www.etsy.com/listing/187460685/removable-webcam-covers-for-laptop?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=webcam%20covers&ref=sc_gallery_1&plkey=16323bb430c7189f0f08b1b792239d57402b0e8f:187460685
This is literally a tinfoil hat for your laptop. If someone I knew did this I would never talk to them again.
>work at a repair shop
>one of our client's laptop has a piece of tape covering the webcam
>browser is full of bookmarks to conspiracy blogs and sites, as well as overall kookery like gold trading
>mfw he's running Windows 10
>>52300642
>https://strawpoll.me/6478407
Add a fucking ">implying i use a laptop" option you tard
>>52300752
>not informing him about the risk of W10 and that the only way of being secure is installing Gentoo Gnu+Linux
Top pleb
>>52300160
haha
>>52300780
just answer no, you autist.
>>52300791
>implying I ever talked to him
>implying I give a fuck about some middle aged Alex Jones nut
>>52299911
Please, by all means, show me the option in this limited laptop bios that allows me to do that.
>pic also related
>>52300807
>I'm lego-man tough guy
>>52300322
I've built an entire model home and an android replica of myself to use my laptop. That way if a hacker ever peeps on me they get a view into an entirely fictional world I've constructed.
Or wait maybe I'm the android copy, we sometimes forget
>>52300879
It would be in "system configuration" you dunce.
>>52300343
at that point you might as well just remove the camera assembly entirely
>tfw when enterprise laptop with optional webcam removed
>>52300802
Why? if i had a laptop i would put a tape over the webcam
>>52300014
>the nsa doesn't give a flying fuck about you
They collect as much as possible on everyone. You never know who you'll need to blackmail later. It doesn't matter who you are.
>>52300752
topkek
>>52300453
Macfag
>>52299791
>Cover the camera up
>Not just disabling drivers like a normal person
>>52300222
Doesn't matter. Power can still reach it regardless of whether the operating system sees the driver or not. Besides, it's possible to write a program that bypasses windows drivers and uses the camera without looking up whether the OS loads the driver. Highly specialized, but possible.
>>52303091
>video of my face
interesting
>>52299791
>not taking a drilling machine to the webcam and piercing the little NSA camera
Why?
no, I run my laptop lid closed and use x2go to connect to it
>>52300001
If you're compromised you have bigger issues than someone looking at you through your camera.
>>52299791
No, I don't use Windows and my camera has an LED anyway.
>>52299791
#thingsonlynormiesdo
Of course. Here's a better question, do you cover your smartphones front camera /g/? Remember, android is made by a company that literally makes money by spying on you.
>>52303234
>summerfriend detected
out early this time of year little fella
I actually love the idea of an anonymous stranger watching me masturbate. i give zero fucks.
Nobody who actually knows how a computer works does this shit. ITT: Windows users.
Also: >>52303234 this.
Jeezus fucking christ you private-fags don't even do the most important thing, and that's to take out the fucking camera from your laptop you dunces! and while you're at it the speakers and the microphone.
While there's hardware backdoors I really don't expect pure privacy unless my laptop somehow has libreboot.
/thread
>>52303317
Fucking this, but at the same time you're a faggot for /threading yourself.
>be NSA agent
>watch life of random person fast forward
>person is just watching the monitor
>10 years later
>person is just watching the monitor, gained some weight
This is how you hunt the terrorists!
>>52303331
Fuck.
Heat of the moment I guess.
2 l8 now.
My laptop runs linux so I cannot have viruses or get hacked
>>52304226
I laugh at your joke. Hehehhehehehehehehehehheheheheh
hehehehehehe
heheheheheheheheheheh
hehehehhehehehehehehhheheheheheh
No, OP. I did not cover my laptop camera. I unplug it when I am not using it.
>>52299791
my laptop runs freebsd, so there's really no point
>>52303229
All modern ones have an LED to prevent this kind of stuff, I think these people are just paranoid that someone's gone to the effort of replacing the official webcam drivers with one that doesn't turn it on just to spy on them, asif they're that important.
>>52305759
and the led is not even controlled by a driver, its hardware, if the driver makes a request to get an image feed or mic feed, it turns on the led by itself.
>mfw i have female friends that have laptops w/o camera led
many good videos were recorded
>>52299791
Yep! NSA and my parents be creeping me and shit.
>>52304226
You're kidding ... right ?
>not realizing there are tiny cameras in between the pixels of the laptop screen
>>52299791
No.
If someone is willing to go through the trouble of hacking my specific laptop, enabling the camera and looking at me, they are allowed to see my jerkface.
>>52302094
>implying the NSA would ever blackmail you
Waste of time and assets.
>>52300044
b..but they destroyed that system after Batman used it that one time.
>>52299791
nothing to hide :)
No, i don't.
I think it's just so cringy people who do. If people really want to watch me masturbating, talking to my girlfriend and playing videogames, then fine.
I don't really care that much at all.
>>52303091
Not, it's not possible unless Windows has a gaping security hole the size of an Applefag's anus.
>>52303091
but the notification LED on the camera will still light up, that isn't controlled by the pc in any way, the camera deals with that, and its extremely hard to infect a camera since you cant easily upgrade its firmware, specially the part that controls the led, that is(at least on microsoft webcams) even outside of that
>not using a sharpie instead
>>52299791
Of course.
Just a tiny circular sticker that blends in with the bezel.
My laptop doesn't have a camera
>>52299980
> not running a stereo with pink noise in the left channel, and white in the right, 24/7.
Do you even ECM brah?
I disabled the webcam hardware in Microsoft® Windows® Device Manager™
>>52306189
>its possible unless gaping security hole
So it *is* possible
>>52306287
why are you poor ?
>>52299980
>implying that if you cover it with anything less than aluminum foil the NSA won't use custom filters to process the light still making it through the cover
>implying the NSA can't use the subtle movements in your phone's gyroscope to better echolocate your surroundings
>implying your entire house isn't being Van Eck phreaked down to the contents of your unplugged SD cards
>>52299980
>>52306304
>ECM
>not realizing NSA has psychic spies that can monitor you 24/7 without the need for electronics
Astral countermeasures is what you need.
I'm actually using my previous phone as a webcam. It's always turned off unless I use it for that exact purpose.
>>52300322
10/10
>>52306189
Windows 10 itself is the securityhole.
Windows shoots pics of you while fapping
>>52306336
because I work at Walmart
I own a desktop and spent money on a webcam.
I must be fucking insane or some shit?
>>52299791
>cover the camera
>doesn't cover the speakers
>doesn't detach the keyboard
>doesn't rip out the wifi
>>52306189
So it's highly probable then.
>>52299791
No because the thought of some guy watching me fap to shota trap incest is incredibly hot.
>>52299791
We have e-elections, digi prescreption drugs, tax (all coverment stuff) is done over internet etc. And our president still tapes hes laptop camera. It's kinda funny 'couse they (coverment) talk about how secure that all is and then tapes his camera. Estonia if anybody intrested.
>>52299980
underrated post
>>52306219
Firmware can be flashed from within a compromised machine.
>>52306413
my webcam doesn't allow flashing firmware, the memory its stored on is read only and its flashed when its made, its physically impossible
>>52306287
>ubuntu
>on a laptop
Isn't it battery hungry and resourse-wasteful? It does look nice, but still..
>>52300160
>>52306403
>It has 5 anwsers plus yours
>>52306347
I giggled
no
But every once in a while I hold up an ISIS flag to it because I like to imagine some poor, overworked NSA clerk having to go frame by frame through hours of me masturbating
>>52299791
Yes.But only when I masturbate.
I know this tinfoil hat shit is funny but i live in a country that has changed its political direction twice in a relatively short time and you never know when you are suddenly a enemy.
>>52299791
how can i cover the camera and still make it look decent?
Yes.
I have a cat. He called people on Skype when I was showering. One naked video call later, I covered the webcam with tape.
>>52304226
Implying they aren't keeping a closer eye on linux fags
my thinkpad x200 does not have a camera ;)
>>52306678
Sharpie some paper black, pop open the bezel from the backshell and stick the paper between the front of the camera and the bezel.
Yes.
A piece of black cardboard with some tape.
>>52306287
I have the exact laptop running ubuntu, was going to post the same thing but fuck it now
>>52299791
>>52299791
I cover it when I nut because I'm always paranoid some nsa qt is spying and I don't want her to see my orgasm face. I also cover angle my phone so that it the front and back cameras can't see my face or dick when I nut.
>>52306857
I know this is a joke but I actually cover the front camera on my phone with one finger when I masturbate
fucking snowden ruined masturbating on the phone for me
opaque plastic piece that sits flush on the lens
no, I wear a tinfoil helmet that covers my face.
Got 99 problems but a camera ain't one.
If I knew someone was going to hack my camera then I feel bad for the guy because whenever I take a shit I always bring my laptop with me.
If he wants to hear and see my recreation of Bach's finest melodies then so be it
>>52299791
yep i do. quit posting the same inane threads over and over again. t. alberto barbosa
>>52299911
I do this and cover the camra
>covering your camera
for what purpose?
>tfw there is a chance that someone is actually watching me masturbate right now
>feels good man
>>52306287
>mouthfedora
I used duct tape to cover mine but my father took the tape cover off the webcam 2 days later, while browsing the web and downloading shady porn and shitty toolbars.
Guess he enjoys being watched fapping by the botnet.
>>52300343
> so it looks more respectable
Yeah I'm sure you look like less of a paranoid moron with it UNDER the bezel.
Do you people really think someone is going to hack your laptop camera? I'm not asking if you think it's possible, we know it's possible. But do you REALLY believe someone is out there just waiting to see you on your web cam?
1. I highly doubt you're a girl, and thus worth little to nothing on camera.
2. I highly doubt you've got a job dealing in sensitive documents/materials/classified information.
In my eyes those would be the only two circumstances where you might be justified in looking like a paranoid idiot.
>>52300730
Yeah it's a good thing they are handmade. I'd have to pass on my paranoid idiot stickers if they weren't put together by some idiot.
No. If feds were spying on me while I masturbate, that'd be pretty hilarious.
And I don't get infected by malware.
Those camera-capturing malware is literally only RATs made by 13 year olds or pedophile creeps on some 1337-hackerforums and then distributed by shitty mp3.exes on torrents for ignorant teenage girls to download.
Besides, my laptop has a LED to indicate when it's being powered (inb4 "but you can flash le firmware xD", no it's fucking hard-wired)
>>52299791
I don't. I just remove the webcam kernel module.
rmmod uvcvideo
>>52300748
Agreed. I'm a dingus desktop support guy and I see nothing but fat old ladies with stickers over their webcams on their company laptop, like someone is writhing their hands together "yesss I've hit the groosler Jack pot!" As he watches them
>>52300343
why not just unplug the connector?
>>52299791
Nope, using Linux and the driver stopped working in some kernel update so why bother.
>>52299810
fuck off attention whore
>>52300064
rekt
>>52306347
kek
My ThinkPad doesn't have one
Not that I miss it
>>52307251
Never lurked on /b/.
Also on /g/ there was a neckbeard asking for advice on how to spy on upstairs girl. Got the help do.
>>52299791
Nope I just uninstalled the drivers on my laptop and I don't have a camera on my desktop. Don't need a camera anyway, not sure why laptop manufacturers keep including them.
fucking foil heads, you all must look really autistic in public with it covered, and if you tell someone why, they probably laugh at you. i know i will.
I had that problem, where someone hacked my laptop camera... I don't know if they watch anymore
>>52299791
You're all idiots, it's very easy to read your upload rate and hardware usage. I don't need to cover to a stupid camera.
>>52301659
No it wouldn't. Most HP laptops don't have any options or configuration settings for webcams and microphones.
>>52305857
do you think im stupid? i taped the entire screen with duct tape.
I put a nail through it
It serves a double purpose, helps my laptop stay closed
>>52299791
No need to.
I use my laptop only to play comfy games while in bed, or to watch movies on TV screen.
For all other uses I use my gaming rig
tfw thinkpad came with no camera, if you want a laptop were you can remove speakers and what not just get the Libre Purism laptop
>>52303317
>speakers
Fuck. I forgot that a speaker can serve as a microphone, and a line-out jack can be switched to a line-im/microphone jack in software.
>>52306287
same desu
>>52299791
Everyone carries a camera and a microphone on their person at all times these days. It is instantly and constantly accessible by a huge number of interests at any given time. :^)
I went out of my way to find a laptop without an integrated webcam.
>>52308058
It wouldn't be in the security settings though.
No I disable it in bios and bluetooth also
>>52299791
This makes me laugh everytime I'm in university classes and there are these people sitting in the 1st row, watching League of Legends on twitch and with a badly taped piece if paper over their webcam. It's like they want you to know they're jerking off in front of their laptop.
>>52299791
No I make me horny to imagine that someone is watching me when I'm fapping.
>>52306287
And what do you do about the integrated mic?
>>52306287
Nice, is it librebooted?
>>52299911
while this is effective its not guaranteed
>>52299791
Yes, of course. One can never be too sure.
>>52299791
I've electrically disconnected both the microphones and webcam on my laptop.
>>52306424
Not really, especially if the laptop has good support. For instance, my T450s had more battery lifetime with Ubuntu instead of windows. However, a light wm and a dark theme was the best thing
>>52308823
>asus
>white
>xp
>>52299791
Only when I fap
I bet one laptop manufacturer could make a fortune just by putting sliding lens-caps/covers for their cameras, and acting like they're "the only manufacturer that cares about your privacy"
>>52306287
Same here. My X220 has 3 antennas instead of 2 and a webcam.
There's also a little light where the webcam would be.
>>52299791
Yes but I have to to keep the screen from falling off. The entire top of my laptop is taped open.
>>52310143
>a dark theme
I thought this only helped battery life if you had an oled screen?
duck-tape is your friend
>take some writing class as an elective
>80% of the students there have shit on their cameras
I'll never understand how people can be enough of a paranoid idiot to do this.
>>52300322
100/10
Best thing I've read on /g/ in the last decade. Screencapped for posterity, and copypasta'd for future use.
>not having a slider integrated in front of the lens
No, i use loonix, why i must care about that?
I'm more worried about looking like an autist to my peers than the NSA looking at my face.
>>52311694
Better contrast. You can still see well at lower brightness settings.
Make a large white square and make one pixel black. Now do the opposite. The single brighter pixel is noticed faster.
>being that autistic that you think some government agency would want to look at your fat ass jerking it to anime through your laptops webcam
>>52303257
True but honestly if worried about everything being monitored on your phone then the camera would probably be the least of your concerns.
>>52313189
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEXINT
>>52299791
No why would I? You aren't going to get anything interesting to see on it if you bothered to hack it. It's not like I hold up my credit card or have a list of passwords written on the wall behind me.
bunch of tin foil hat wearing liberal alarmists i see.
no one can access your webcam you fucking lunatics, thats not how webcams work. they have to root into your machine and be on a physical wired connection to your network.
Instead of duck-tape on the camera, couldn't one just draw permanent marker over the lens?
>>52315648
Yeah. Duct tape is dumb anyway as it leaves residue. Cut up the sticky part of a post-it note and place that over it.
>>52299791
pulled the connector from the motherboard, more aesthetic than electrical tape
>>52299791
Only when im not jerking it
>>52313985
>no one can access your webcam you fucking lunatics, thats not how webcams work.
Take a look at your Flash defaults.
It's always set to have both camera and mic remotely accessable.
>>52316567
Here's the pic I forgot to post.
>>52316567
I don't have flash installed, but this.
>>52303091
>Besides, it's possible to write a program that bypasses windows drivers and uses the camera without looking up whether the OS loads the driver. Highly specialized, but possible.
source
evidence
>inb4 durr closed source, never know!
>>52299791
i don't have a laptop with a built in camera, but i did make a cover for the front camera of my phone
>>52299791
No, how else would I use Windows Hello by Microsoft?
Nope. If someone is watching me, I feel bad for them.
I do some pretty fucked up shit. And not in a cool, edgy way.
No, but my paranoid cracker science teacher did in high school.
I used to when my laptop had windows on it... Not for government paranoia reasons but in case of malware, but now I have Linux on it so
>>52299791
When I still had a working laptop it didn't come with one since it was one from like 06/07, guess I was just lucky
>>52306287
What's the icon with the key?
>Not having a webcam with the LED status light integrated along the circuit that powers the webcam itself.
>>52300322
I can't wait to see this reposted again
>>52299791
No, I'm proud of showing off my dick to the NSA and other hackers who enjoy taking a fap on some 3rd world trap
No, I have a rMBP which the webcam light is hardwired on so I'd see if it's on
I just disable it in the BIOS
>>52306287
Ubuntu and Emacs, kek.
>>52306287
>only applications in launcher are browsers
>literally a facebook machine.
>>52321622
>facebook = the entirety of the internet
>>52307372
If it's retarded as my 2560p, the webcam is on the same board as the ambient light sensor, so if you unplug it (or the cable gets damaged), the backlight turns off, even if you try to set it to manual mode.
>>52306366
I'll start earning $10/hr at Wal-Mart in February.
>>52299791
All you faggots.do know there is technology these people use that can see through tape, right?
>>52321676
Fine. Facebook and Youtube.
>>52321938
>having them on the same board
well.. ok...
>having the backlight not function at all if the ambient light sensor is disconnected
now THAT is full retard
>>52315941
This
>>52320637
KeePassX
>>52300021
It's real.
>>52300921
wow gay/10
>>52299791
>cover
>not just opening your laptop and unplugging the internal webcam and mic connectors
I haven't covered it, I just close my laptop when I masturbate.
>>52299791
>2015+1
>not having a hardware switch for your camera and microphone
>>52299791
I disable it from BIOS so it isnt visible to OS, which is good enough for me, despite "muhh privacy"
>>52299810
>implying yes you are a cunt
>>52300013
Fuck off vampire.
>>52299911
>2016
>still using BIOS
EFI masterrace reporting
Just install a kill switch on the wire going to it
>>52300222
I did that, the light indicator still flashes on every boot
>>52299911
>not knowing about the invisible hand of the NSA enabling it again
Fucking retard.
Why only camera? I cover all my computers with aluminium foil.
(also, if you don't mind, check em')
>>52300013
i hope you also ripped out the microphone
