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I just use some gaffers tape to cover the camera.

One complaint I have is a lot of laptop manufacturers who do put a camera slider in, paint the slider red when it’s closed and black when it’s open. It should be the opposite. Red is dangerous live.

I fix it just using some enameled nail polish. But it seems opposite of what it should be

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That’s not possible, because the sensor is black (or at least very dark).

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Right, but the ring around the sensor is plastic. That plastic could be red. To indicate that the camera is uncovered

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What about the mic?

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Plug in a dummy headphone jack. But some microphones are not disabled in hardware when that happens.

The framework laptop does have a hardware switch for that, which is nice

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They have it that way because it reduces the support calls from idiots who can’t figure out why their webcam won’t work.

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