Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Video Surveillance
"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Fri, 28 February 2014 17:30 UTC
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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Video Surveillance
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I made the same assumption until others corrected me. On Feb 28, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Robin Wilton <wilton@isoc.org> wrote: > With apologies for one further mail on this topic... Steve is right, and I stand corrected. > > As far as I can determine, the light sensor on a MacBook Air (well, mine, at least) is about 1-4mm to the left of the webcam aperture in the screen surround. > > This means that you can block the webcam without interfering with the automatic screen brightness function - but you need to position your webcam-blocker as carefully as in Steve's picture, and from the right of the lens aperture. > > Serves me right for (a) making assumptions and (b) using my left thumb to occlude the lens. If I had used my right thumb, I wouldn't have made the same assumption (!) > > Thanks Steve! > > Robin > > On 28 Feb 2014, at 16:52, Robin Wilton wrote: > >> Apologies - I should have been more specific... my Macbook Air doesn't have a separate light sensor... it's in the same orifice as the camera lens. >> >> R >> >> Robin Wilton >> Technical Outreach Director - Identity and Privacy >> Internet Society >> >> email: wilton@isoc.org >> Phone: +44 705 005 2931 >> Twitter: @futureidentity >> >> On 28 Feb 2014, at 14:54, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >> >>> >>> On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Suhas Nandakumar <suhasietf@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> (incidentally, if you're using a Mac and you cover the webcam lens, you'll need to turn off the automatic screen-dimming function. System Preferences -> Displays ) >>>> >>> >>> Not really -- the light sensor on many Macbooks, at least, is to the left of the camera lens. This just came up on Twitter; here's my set-up at https://twitter.com/SteveBellovin/status/439412122410184704. (I don't want to clog the list with a large picture attachment.) Yes, it works, and if you find me here I'll show you what happens if I move the slide to the left a bit more. >>> >>> >>> --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Strint-attendees mailing list > Strint-attendees@lists.i1b.org > http://lists.i1b.org/listinfo.cgi/strint-attendees-i1b.org --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Jacob Appelbaum
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Robin Wilton
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Steven M. Bellovin
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Robin Wilton
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Robin Wilton
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Wendy Seltzer
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Steven M. Bellovin
- Re: [Strint-attendees] [perpass] GHCQ Webcam Vide… Suhas Nandakumar
- [Strint-attendees] GHCQ Webcam Video Surveillance Suhas Nandakumar