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0 pointsnemoniac5y ago0 comments

> 12. My desktop doesn't have a microphone or camera, so they cannot be surreptitiously turned on remotely.

Your points are all good but this one gave me pause for thought. We're all working from home and using our microphones and cameras more than ever. I'm using my regular laptop with plug-in microphone and webcam. Are laptop makers thinking in terms of upping the specs on the microphone and webcams in their upcoming models?

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rsynnott5y ago

Apple have made major improvements to their laptop microphones in the last few years. On cameras, while they’re usually very bad right now, laptop cameras will never be great; there’s just no room for the optics in the lid. No laptop has had a lid as thick as a phone in decades.

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WalterBright5y ago

What they need to add is a physical electric switch to turn off the cam/mike.

In any case, because of all my remote collaboration these days, I bought a decent mike on a boom to use, and my colleagues say it is much better. Still have to find a decent camera.

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