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Mark Zuckerberg covers his camera and audio mic jack

44 pointsby satyajeet23almost 9 years ago

11 comments

capotealmost 9 years ago
I don&#x27;t get this. If someone gets unauthorized access to your computer&#x27;s camera, all this prevents is them seeing your face staring into your computer. This doesn&#x27;t solve the underlying problem of someone getting unauthorized access to your computer. It just solves the problem of someone seeing your face, which is not such a terrible problem to have, at least if you&#x27;re as handsome as I am.<p>Just covering up the camera is like putting a bandaid on a small cut when you have internal bleeding.
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jedbergalmost 9 years ago
He&#x27;s the CEO of a multibillion dollar company. He&#x27;s legally required to be paranoid to meet his fiduciary responsibilities.
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milesokeefealmost 9 years ago
The page is now down, here&#x27;s a reupload of the image Zuckerberg posted:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;3oNniEh.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;3oNniEh.jpg</a><p>Zoomed in with the covers outlined:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;laM8qEJ.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;laM8qEJ.png</a>
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crispytxalmost 9 years ago
I did that too after the &quot;Snowden Revelations&quot;!
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asaxalmost 9 years ago
Why cover the audio mic jack?
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x1798DEalmost 9 years ago
I don&#x27;t know why I would care about Zuckerberg in particular doing this, but while we&#x27;re on the topic, can anyone recommend a decent retractable camera cover for mounting on a laptop?
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bennylopealmost 9 years ago
How about this: Mark Zuckerberg poses for picture sitting next to [someone&#x27;s MacBook] with covered camera and audio jack.
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_hnwoalmost 9 years ago
yet he used the password &quot;dadada&quot;
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T0k9sYalmost 9 years ago
What benefit would it be using tape over the jack hole? The built in mic I could understand. But, surely it wouldn&#x27;t work unless something was plugged in? Or is it a reminder to himself and yo prevent him from pluging in headphones with inline microphone? Genuinely curious.
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drvdevdalmost 9 years ago
Does this make any sense in an open workspace where you&#x27;re surrounded by a million other laptops and cell phones anyway?
skynetv2almost 9 years ago
He may be doing it to prevent snooping from Corporate spies, hackers, and the like, not just for privacy, even if the reason of privacy is ironic.
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