>that person too stupid to disable their webcam at the hardware level so they put tape over it
>Hardware level
So, unplugging?
>>51909298
>hardware level
>that person stupid enough to open up their laptop and start ripping out wires instead of just putting a tape on it
>>51909319
>start ripping out wires
Whoa there, we aren't all retards like you are
>>51909298
>hardware level
So you'd have to open your laptop if you want to turn the camera on?
Can't you just disable it in device manager or something?
>>51909330
You can, but the paranoid morons will go "hurr durr da fbi can still see me durr"
>too stupid to disable webcam at the hardware level
>hardware level
>tape over it
Seems right.
>>51909330
That's software level.
>>51909298
>too poor to buy tape
>>51909346
Or more likely an update will reenable it, or something will bug out and it'll "find new driver, hurray."
>>51909298
I know this person.
He is always scared; His life consists of no logic. He loves tartar sauce, but hates mayonnaise.
>>51909346
And they're right.
There's also that case where the school gave out student laptops, which were heavily locked down, and then spied on students with the web cam.
Reinstalling the OS wasn't allowed.
>that guy who puts tape over his monitor power LED
>>51909319
>putting a tape on it
Putting tape on the wires?
Does that work?
Dude it's mostly about convenience. Putting tape over that shit takes 2 seconds
You don't have to go dig in system settings every time you want to turn it off or on.
Also a piece tape will never be bypassed if someone is in remote control of your webcam
>>51909366
Honestly why not famalam?
>>51909374
This No one has time to open up their laptop and disable webcam on the hardware level that way. Taping it up take's 2 sec and just werks
>>51909298
Putting tape over it IS disabling it at the hardware level. And it's easy to use the webcam if you want to use it. Instead of going into it, screwing, ripping wires and desoldering and that sort of thing. That's stupid, using a tape is good sense if you want to use the webcam later.
Tape takes 1 second.
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>that person too stupid to put tape over their webcam at the hardware level so they put they make a thread with the hoping, clear tape posting instructions are posted.
And they took the bait
>>51909298
Well, the BIOS (or rather UEFI) in my laptop has no option to disable the webcam. Anything other than that (disabling it in the device manager, etc.) is software level. Which means if someone has the ability to run code on your computer to access the webcam and spy on you, that person has the ability to undo this kind of blocking.
My old webcam (the kind that had to be purchased separately) had a plastic slider that could be used to cover the lens. It doubled as an on/off switch. That was very convenient. Unfortunately I've yet to find such a feature on a laptop.
Duct tape is universal, quick to apply, easy to check if it has been tampered with and can be just as easily removed when the camera is necessary. The only downside is that it's ugly.
>>51909366
I fucking hate LEDs so much
>get new case
>LEDs everywhere
>disable them
>get new GPU
>MORE LEDs
>can't disable them
>monitor has LED reflecting onto a huge reflective lightbar
>flashes on standby
>try to disable it from the menu
>only turns off the LED while the PC is in use
why would I need to disable my webcam?
>>51909483
Little flashing lights are incredibly distracting. I walked around the house in the dark one night and counted 42 of them. In my room where the computer is, I hide the router, the modem, and every flashing light on the computer. Fuck that visual noise.
>>51909499
Most people touch their winkies when no one is looking.
Problem is that the NSA catalogs photos of winkies, they look for the circumcised brown ones to identify terrorist threats.
>>51909366
It's 2015, why can't we turn off the LED with software?
>>51909551
nice meme
>hardware level
my fucking sides, just disable it in your OS
>>51909366
Maybe they hid a second camera behind a beam splitter with the power light so that you can't use the cardboard tube trick to find it.
I like that part in Enemy of the State where the tech geeks are fussing over what kind of pen Will Smith was using. First time was like ... why? Then was like... duh the tech department stocks rigged versions.
>The only thing you can brag about in life is knowing how to unplug a device
>>51909366
I do this. In the middle of the night I like to put my brightness all the way down to get comfortable to sleep and having that bright light there bothers me. It's dumb that we can't just turn it off in settings.
I have a friend who swears that there is a camera behind the screen and that he has SEEN it looking at him. I know it wouldn't help to take everything apart and show him he is wrong. He KNOWS.
>there are people on /g/ that think they are worth spying on
>>51910201
The entire point of the snowden leaks is the revelation that everyone is worth spying on.
>>51909366
Fuck you Jerry that blue light is bright as hell
>>51910201
>mfw I could talk like this to customers and get away with it
>>51909360
>he loves taftar sauce but hates mayonnaise
People like that exist?
>>51909483
If LEDs are so bad, maybe you should try a computer with incandescent lighting instead.
My cam is so shit I can't see anything. It almost turned black and white
>>51910297
you could always disable it at the hardware level.
>>51910304
> mfw when I work in software development and could talk to colleagues like this
>>51910201
>>51910304
>>51911086
>tfw that's how you talk to colleagues when you run into technical problems you can't explain right away, without researching it first
>>51909305
>>51909319
>>51909328
>>51909329
>>51909356
>>51909363
fucking bios settings. if it's a laptop with a built in camera, it's in there. cannot be turned back on outside of bios.
>>51911285
Have you owned a single laptop in your life? i promise you that it's not universally true
>>51911285
>trusting your bios
TOP KEK
>>51911827
kek
cuck
>>51909298
>implying I want to open my laptop every time I want to enable/disable the cam.
You are such a retarded faggot, holy shit.
>>51911285
>babby assume everyone has access to his bios
>>51911834
KEK
KEK
Even if you disable your webcam, the nsa is not interested in seeing your face so don't worry
>>51911285
>cannot be turned back on outside of bios.
Yes good goy, BIOS is completely secure.
Hook nose etc
