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sametmax on June 5, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is your smartphone listening to you?

This is why I got a shutter on m laptop camera. It's mechanicl, and I can see it's on or off. It should be a legal obligation to provide those, for camera and mic.

markokrajnc on June 5, 2016 [–]

Regarding "legal obligation": in some countries the government may be the second main user of your camera and mic - next to you...

sametmax on June 6, 2016 | [–]

This is sadly true.

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