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minus-squareNicht BurningTurtle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·7 months agoLaughs in hardware switch.
minus-squareTwitches@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·edit-27 months agoLaughs in disabling kernal modual. Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·7 months agoLaughs in blue painters tape.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoLaughs in not having an electronic device.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoYour carrier pigeon is doing some serious work today
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoMost of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
minus-squareInnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoLaughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYou also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoDid you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU. It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoDell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.
Laughs in hardware switch.
Laughs in disabling kernal modual.
Edit: I really miss hardware switches works only a few have them anymore.
Laughs in electrical tape.
Laughs in blue painters tape.
Laughs in clamshell mode.
Laughs in not having a camera
Laughs in not having an electronic device.
Your carrier pigeon is doing some serious work today
Most of the newer laptops I’ve picked up some have hardware switches, but they do have a physical shutter that can be flipped over the camera which IMO is better as I can visibly see the camera is blocked
Laughs in “will you allow <website> to use your camera?” (Yes/No)
Much easier
You also could use VM. From there you can toggle the device passthough
I’ve always gotten too much delay with audio/video passthrough to voice calls through a VM, personally.
Did you use the proper acceleration? Use KVM plus a virtual GPU.
It is entirely possible your hardware makes it problematic but for me it worked.
I use a USB pass through, so the VM is connected to the hardware instead of going through 12 layers of software.
Dell? patented a laptop with a motorized switch back in the day. Let’s hope it stays lost in the abyss from whence it came.