Apple advises against putting a cache on the webcam of a MacBook

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Have you affixed an adhesive film on your MacBook's webcam to avoid being spied on?According to Apple, you shouldn't do it because it could damage the screen.

When you read the edifying tales of blackmail at the webcam, and we see the ease with which some hackers seem to be able to take control of a remote camera, there is something to be skeptical.Worse still, security cameras intended to secure your home could even serve you, according to a recent study ... Inevitably, many users have thus taken the reflex to systematically hide the webcam integrated into their laptop in order to avoid disappointments, which would also be likely to be hacked.Even Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, uses an adhesive film on the webcam of his MacBook, even if it would be more in his case of avoiding any industrial spying.Except that according to Apple, it should avoid doing it.

Le cache pourrait « endommager l’écran»»

In a page that appeared recently on its website, Apple indicates that the practice of affixing a cache on the webcam of a MacBook is not recommended, since it could damage the screen of the."If you close your MacBook by leaving the cache on the camera, you may damage your screen, because the space that separates the keyboard screen is not designed for this use.By covering the integrated camera, you may also prevent the operation of certain settings, such as automatic brightness and True Tone "indicates the firm, while specifying that containing adhesive on its camera is not necessary since"The camera is designed so that the green light is systematically lighting up the camera activation.So you always know when your camera is active.»»

But inevitably, even if Apple indicates that the green light will be systematically activated if the webcam is lit, we imagine that some elaborate hacks can ignore this light point.An old study from John Hopkins University notably indicated that it was perfectly possible to activate the camera of a MacBook remotely without triggering this famous green light.Nevertheless, we can imagine that Apple's security has since been strengthened.If however your job (or your paranoia) requires that you put a cache on your webcam, Apple provides some tips: the cache should not be thicker than a sheet of paper (0.1mm) and it should not leave anyresidue. Autrement, vous pouvez toujours vous rendre dans les Préférences Systèmes afin de limiter l’accès à la webcam à certaines applications seulement : rendez-vous dans « Sécurité et Confidentialité»», puis dans « Confidentialité»». Cliquez ensuite sur le menu « Appareil photo»», dans lequel vous retrouverez toutes les applications ayant accès à la caméra intégrée de votre MacBook.

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13 Commentaires

July 10, 2020 at 8:06

El Famoso Fanny Safety Lighting 👍
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July 10, 2020 at 8:11

Please, 3 words a spelling mistake ... when you read!
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July 10, 2020 at 8:12

A POSCA boost does the trick.It starts with a finger and it leaves no trace.
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July 10, 2020 at 10:07 am

Pretty, the ad that accompanies the article and offers a cache of 0.6mm !!!!
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July 10, 2020 at 11:28

Apple and security… Mouhahahah Steu jokes!
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July 10, 2020 at 20:01

And yes, this kind of article is nothing more true ... The only goal of the article is to put an ad to sell webcam hide and touch a commission ...
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July 10, 2020 at 20:45

This is wrong that does not destroy the screen, on the other hand if Apple tells you that is that they spies on you.
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July 11, 2020 at 12:40

It’s absurd to bullshit!Just affix the tab of a packet of handkerchiefs.And you do not pigeon to pay € 7 for a plastic bitoniau…
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July 11, 2020 at 13:04

It is up to Apple to immediately remedy this security flaw all the more if the solution to remedy it is harmful to the equipment.
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July 11, 2020 at 20:21

And Apple can't watch you
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July 11, 2020 at 21:50:

It looks like coming out of the first MacBook with integrated camera.where everyone put a dressing on the webcam because of the hack of it (you could take control without lighting the light).And in 2020 we still talk about it as if it were new.Is the geek news that is that empty?
On all Macs I have a dressing on the webcam and my smartphones have a pop-up selfie cam that I never use.
Nothing to make their artifices “True Tone”, “Ambient light”, it is useless to have a screen that farts a lead at once by changing brightness, gamma, temperature when you have disabled everythingThese “auto” parameters.
It's that there is a problem somewhere, you refuse car settings..But iOS and Mac OS don't care and do it all the same.
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July 12, 2020 at 8:30 am

If there is a camera connected to the net, then the risk still exists to be spy.The best, put a black adhesive.
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July 13, 2020 at 0:02

Even if the green light lights up if you hack it, it remains the reaction time ... If it lights up while the person is in bad shape, it's already too late.There is still no better than physical protection for this kind of thing.Given the price of a MacBook, I really hope that a objective cover is not enough to Esquinter the screen ... As long as the thickness is lower than that of the joint, I really don't see how it can seriously damagethe screen.
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