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>>xairy+(OP)
I can see why some people might be concerned about the camera, but I'm far more concerned by the microphone. There's far more sensitive and actionable information that can be gathered from me that way! I'm glad that macOS started putting a light in the menubar when the microphone is in use, but I'd prefer to have unhackable hardware for that instead.

>>epista+i3
FWIW, modern Macbooks also hardware disable the mic when the lid is closed.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/secbbd20b00b/...

>>542458+K6
How is that true? I use my macbook mic occasionally with the lid closed, and an external monitor.

>>ryanis+we
Are you sure it’s the MacBook (T2 or Arm) mic? I imagine you’d sound super muffled if you were trying to use it while closed anyway, so I can’t imagine it’s very usable to yourself?