[ale] creepy hardware

[Beddingfield, Allen]

You can turn off the ambient light sensor...but yes, it sounds like a reload is in order.

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama
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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Jim Kinney [jim.kinney at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:30 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] creepy hardware

I'm wiping a nearly new mac book pro turned in by a departing developer.

The built in camera is ALWAYS ON. It's used to determine the ambient light levels to automagically adjust the screen brightness. No indicator light is on. If I cover the camera with a tiny bit of foil, the screen dims. If I turn on photobooth, the indicator lights up that the camera is on.

So it appears to have software-only controls over the "don't be naked here" light.

Yep. Wiping this thing off completely and slamming on Fedora 21 beta. Can't see using it just out of the shower when I need to look up something real quick otherwise.

Unless google really wants more data than they can republish :-)

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James P. Kinney III

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