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by madeofpalk 4572 days ago
> A mechanical sliding piece of material without any electrical components at all must be considered simpler (and thus "less engineered") than an LED, mustn't it?

Looking at my current macbook lid, I don't how how that would physically fit. The camera would need to be recessed further into the lid to accomodate for the door.

> I would be way easier to convince that a piece of plastic is harder to hack than a LED. For instance, there would be no embedded microcontroller to subvert.

I'm inclined to believe that a mechanical sliding door would have a higher failure rate than an LED.

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