[ale] Macbook Pro 15" or Thinkpad W500?

[Jim Kinney]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Robbie Honerkamp <robbie at shorty.com> wrote:

> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > IR penetrates paper but not metal foil.
>
> I think the IR filter that's part of the webcam assembly will take care
> of that.


It's really easy to remove that filter on many camera's by popping open the
lens and removing the disk. While in there, disable the led so there's no
indicator at all.

Don't use that gimo while "on the throne" anymore :-)

>
>
> Or is there a tinfoil-hat joke I'm missing here? :-)


Yes and no. :-)

I have an old SGI camera that could see through the cover and detect the IR
from remote controls. But nothing compared to a sony video camera in "night
vision" mode. It could see through most synthetic materials (the main
ingredient of womens clothing) and was promptly pulled from the market. It
really worked in IR just a bit shorter than body heat wavelengths. The IR
camera at Fernbank Museum was pulled for the same reason. It got
embarasasing.

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> Robbie
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