[ale] creepy hardware

[Rev. Johnny Healey]

There's an ambient light detector directly next to the camera on most mac
book pros. You may be covering that along with the camera.

-Johnny

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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