For me it’s the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they’re being spied. Here’s the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won’t use it or haven’t used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can’t really spy on you on something that’s already off and unplugged!

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    3 months ago

    To the people who insist on me adding a sticky note to my webcam, I can only say

    sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo

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      3 months ago

      Anyone with root (or equivalent) access to your pc could easily undo that though.

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          3 months ago

          It’s not the biggest, but it still is a concern, and is exceedingly easily mitigated.