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by deadmutex 1925 days ago
I don't know how a mechanical microphone switch would have helped in that case.

That seemed to be a UX issue. The board was on a call with other members, and didn't realize that there was another participant. Some news stories just called it a "hot mic" issue because it is easy to glance and get an idea of what the story is about, but that's not exactly what happened.
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dv_dt 1925 days ago
An external microphone with a physical push to talk button would be a pretty perfect UX if that is your worry.
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cbm-vic-20 1925 days ago
And trusting that the internal mic is actually off.
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dv_dt 1925 days ago
Good point, my work-from-home "laptop" is a desktop I built so I guess I'm pretty sure there is no internal mic .
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atoav 1925 days ago
Although this might not be simple enough for typical users a (On)-Off-On toggle switch (momentary in one direction, latching in the other) would be perfect for this.
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