Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down23·3 months ago“I like Apple devices because they respect my privacy”
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down7·3 months agoExcept for the part where all that’s been preempted by organizational settings. Out of the box, Apple does fairly well.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down9·3 months agoGotta respect a company that tells the US government to pound sand with regularity (when they want a phone cracked)
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down4·edit-23 months ago“Apple gave data to law enforcement 90% of the time” Apple’s apparent privacy stance is just marketing
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months agoAren’t they required to by law?
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoWithout a warrant no, but for the most part they do it willingly.
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·3 months ago Gotta respect a company No you don’t
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoFair point! Fuck 'em. Theres always more reasons to NOT respect a corporation than there are to respect them.
minus-squareji17br@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoIt’s worth noting that in recent MacBooks the camera can’t turn on if the led is off. It’s an electrical thing, not a software thing.
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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoAn LED is pretty damn simple and there’s no reason it would even be possible to control the voltage going to it. May as well worry about hackers finding a way to make a physical shutter transparent.
“I like Apple devices because they respect my privacy”
Except for the part where all that’s been preempted by organizational settings.
Out of the box, Apple does fairly well.
Gotta respect a company that tells the US government to pound sand with regularity (when they want a phone cracked)
“Apple gave data to law enforcement 90% of the time”
Apple’s apparent privacy stance is just marketing
Aren’t they required to by law?
Without a warrant no, but for the most part they do it willingly.
No you don’t
Fair point! Fuck 'em. Theres always more reasons to NOT respect a corporation than there are to respect them.
It’s worth noting that in recent MacBooks the camera can’t turn on if the led is off. It’s an electrical thing, not a software thing.
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An LED is pretty damn simple and there’s no reason it would even be possible to control the voltage going to it. May as well worry about hackers finding a way to make a physical shutter transparent.