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by pfranz
2166 days ago
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This [1] is the best source I've seen. 2008 era Mac laptops definitely had that exploit, but since then they've made hardware changes. > All cameras after that one were different: The hardware team tied the LED to a hardware signal from the sensor: If the (I believe) vertical sync was active, the LED would light up. There is NO firmware control to disable/enable the LED. The actual firmware is indeed flashable, but the part is not a generic part and there are mechanisms in place to verify the image being flashed. […] [1] https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/on_covering_webcams |
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