Don't cover your camera, Apple has warned MacBook users — it could break your display.
  • AgreeableLandscape
    14·
    4 年前

    Even assuming this is actually true, then WTF Apple? How shitty are your laptops that they can be damaged by a piece of tape?

    • Avery
      8·
      4 年前

      A piece of tape is probably fine. In their support doc they say it’s safe to use a cover less than 0.1mm thick. I feel like they’re more worried about something like this:

    • roastpotatothief
      1·
      4 年前

      Yes please I’ve been looking out for a way to make a removable rear camera cover. Something mite durable than just tape

        • roastpotatothief
          1·
          4 年前

          Thanks. I just have what everyone else has. Black electrical tape. But the glue gets on the lens so i have to clean it frequently. And it’s thick tape so not perfect.

  • Pmfl
    2·
    4 年前

    Really…

    If said by corporations or influential people, there are people who believe.

    Once someone said that Steve Jobs could sell something worthless and a premium on it.

    • roastpotatothief
      2·
      4 年前

      Could he sell sand to the Arabs?

      Could he sell snow to the Eskimos?

      Could he sell a new phone to someone who already has a phone?

    • JJ1013Lemmy
      1·
      4 年前

      Probable Steve Jobs would have done better and really help privacy instead of using it for marketing like Apple nowadays.

      Just a thought. If I am wrong, please reply.

  • sparr
    2·
    4 年前

    I’m gonna guess this is because someone put a thick cover on their camera then put their laptop into a tight case or otherwise squeezed it, bending the bezel and cracking the display.

  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world
    1·
    11 个月前

    As much as I dislike apple, the article warns about not closing the macbook, with the camera covered. It’sqq still bullshit, but not much about privacy imo.