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Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - me3000 - 12-19-2013
https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/36569/camera.pdf?sequence=1
The above article explains how to basically be able to modify the macbooks driver/firmware so the webcam can be activated without the LED light flashing on when the cam is turned on.
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - w00t - 12-19-2013
I've modified all computers in my house to have physical switches to connect/disconnect the camera. It's not incredibly complex, and 100% secure.
That being said, disabling the LED is nice and all, but one could just as easily catch a photo, say, every minute, and get a highly accurate picture of your life, and you wouldn't likely see the LED, as it'd only be on for a moment.
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - cr33pyguy - 12-19-2013
This is good if you really need to stalk someone. But then again, that would be a specific individual target.
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - Purphexyon - 12-19-2013
This is seriously creepy @.@
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - OfficerMods - 12-20-2013
(12-19-2013, 04:33 AM)w00t Wrote: I've modified all computers in my house to have physical switches to connect/disconnect the camera. It's not incredibly complex, and 100% secure.Can you give a guide on that? That sounds like a really fun project. This thread interests me but I refuse to own apple products so I'll never get around to doing it.
That being said, disabling the LED is nice and all, but one could just as easily catch a photo, say, every minute, and get a highly accurate picture of your life, and you wouldn't likely see the LED, as it'd only be on for a moment.
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - w00t - 12-20-2013
Get a soldering iron, a circuit switch, and some solder. Basically, snip snip plug power into the switch.
RE: Ninja Snooping on MacBook webcam - me3000 - 01-01-2014
(12-19-2013, 04:33 AM)w00t Wrote: I've modified all computers in my house to have physical switches to connect/disconnect the camera. It's not incredibly complex, and 100% secure.
That being said, disabling the LED is nice and all, but one could just as easily catch a photo, say, every minute, and get a highly accurate picture of your life, and you wouldn't likely see the LED, as it'd only be on for a moment.
I just put a sticker over the camera ;D But that is an especially useful mod for doing for a laptop microphone.
btw, if you do the sticker method, in the center of the sticker put a small piece of paper where the camera lens would be, that way none of the sticky crap will get stuck onto your lens.