[pessimizer]

> Yet those tinfoil folks who cover the camera do nothing about the microphone.

You say this like it's a "gotcha," but what exactly could somebody with no technical knowledge do about the microphone? If you're trying to say that if there were an equivalent to electrical tape but for the microphone, people wouldn't use it, then I don't even think you honestly believe that.

Also, it's bizarre that in a world that ratting has existed, you'd compare covering the camera on your laptop with a piece of electrical tape to paranoid schizophrenia.

[jsjohnst]

> but what exactly could somebody with no technical knowledge do about the microphone

Take an old pair of wired headphones with mic, cut the cord off, plug in connector. There’s better solutions, but that’s the easiest if you are nervous.

> paranoid schizophrenia

I made no such comparison