nrp 4 hours ago

We have that on the most recent generation of Framework Laptop. When the hardware privacy switch is engaged, the image sensor is electrically powered off and the camera controller feeds a dummy frame with an illustration of the switch.

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dvergeylen 1 hour ago

Happy Framework customer here, I just wanted to say thank you for all your efforts on privacy.

vaylian 3 hours ago

Is there a video or some images of this somewhere? I would love to see a demonstration.

netsharc 32 minutes ago

I looked it up on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6AsIqAmpeQ&t=1145s

And adding 2+2, the man being interviewed (Nirav Patel) is the same man who replied to my comment (HN user nrp), i.e. the man who actually did the overengineering.

If you rewind to 17:03, he talks about the changes of what the switch does (previously: USB disconnection, now: as he described in grandparent comment).