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threeseed on Aug 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple: Using a camera cover might damage your MacB...

Would add that the microphone is hardware disconnected when lid is closed:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/security/secbbd20b00b/...

So you should have some guarantee that no one is spying when laptop is sleeping at least.

fsflover on Aug 7, 2022 [–]

This is not actually "hardware disconnected", more like "firmware disconnected". Consider Purism Librem 14 if you actually want a hardware kill switch.

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