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Cam, Mic, and Wifi switches

Open bhillard opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

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I think hardware switches to kill the camera's, microphones, and wireless card would be amazing. These are the only things keeping me from buying a System76 laptop this exact moment.

bhillard avatar Apr 17 '20 23:04 bhillard

just unplug them and use a rigid cable webcam like this; https://www.phidgets.com/?tier=3&catid=97&pcid=77&prodid=363

Dmole avatar Jun 06 '20 15:06 Dmole

Why/Privacy

I think hardware switches to kill the camera's, microphones, and wireless card would be amazing. These are the only things keeping me from buying a System76 laptop this exact moment.

I second this.

Hardware switches are a must and are one of the reasons for Frame.Work's success. Not many other brands have them and if they do it's only for one of their models.

Max689689 avatar Mar 11 '22 05:03 Max689689

Hardware switches to kill the webcam, mic and wifi/bluetooth would be most welcome. First thing I did was open the laptop and disconnect them. Thankfully, that was very straight forward and easy for someone familiar with hardware.

hack-char avatar Aug 09 '24 19:08 hack-char