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Security Bite: Why I stopped using camera covers and you should too

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<p>Plastic webcam covers—especially of the sliding kind—boomed in popularity sometime in the 2010s as a low-tech way to keep hackers from eavesdropping on compromised machines. The concern felt justified at the time. But by 2020, Apple was beginning to issue warnings that those covers aren’t actually needed and can even damage a MacBook’s display.</p>



<p>For this Security Bite, let’s set the tin-foil hats aside and talk about why webcam covers don’t meaningfully improve privacy, can cause features like True Tone (https://support.apple.com/en-us/102147) to not work properly, and are far more likely to damage your screen than stop someone from spying on you.</p>



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