[champyoyoza]

But does that matter? Just because your laptop can also play games/movies/etc. doesn't prevent the NSA or whoever else from tapping into the mic or camera.

[mcphage]

Sure, they can. But they at least gives me a reason to own them. This has no reason for me to own besides getting spied on.

[alttab]

this requires additional software to do so. Tapping into a device that essentially already does those things maybe easier?