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saagarjhatoday at 6:31 PM1 replyview on HN

> The Neo doesn’t have a hardware indicator light for the camera. The indication for “camera in use” is only in the menu bar. There’s a privacy/security implication for this omission. According to Apple, the hardware indicator light for camera-in-use on MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads cannot be circumvented by software. If the camera is on, that light comes on, and no software can disable it. Because the Neo’s only camera-in-use indicator is in the menu bar, that seems obviously possible to circumvent via software.

iPhone and iPad does not have a hardware indicator light


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zarzavattoday at 7:04 PM

Arguably with SIP a hardware indicator light is not strictly necessary, the OS could force the indicator pixels to be lit.

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