[amingilani]

That's not the point of a camera cover. It's not to protect against an APT (which is what I'm hoping you mean by a "they") but rather it is to serve as a last line of defense against an attacker that has compromised your system and hopes to use compromising photographs of yourself to get paid.

This isn't unreasonable. Attackers that have managed to compromise systems do use compromising photos as leverage. Literally it's called sextortion[0]. With the small price of a camera cover, you can be reasonably confident you're not a victim.

[0]: https://www.allure.com/story/online-predators-blackmail-sext...

[adamwk]

She was compromised by social engineering, not by accessing a MacBook camera while bypassing the led