Apologies - I should have been more specific... my Macbook Air doesn't have a separate light sensor... it's in the same orifice as the camera lens.
R Robin Wilton Technical Outreach Director - Identity and Privacy Internet Society email: [email protected] Phone: +44 705 005 2931 Twitter: @futureidentity On 28 Feb 2014, at 14:54, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Suhas Nandakumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> (incidentally, if you're using a Mac and you cover the webcam lens, you'll >> need to turn off the automatic screen-dimming function. System Preferences >> -> Displays ) >> > > Not really -- the light sensor on many Macbooks, at least, is to the left of > the camera lens. This just came up on Twitter; here's my set-up at > https://twitter.com/SteveBellovin/status/439412122410184704. (I don't want > to clog the list with a large picture attachment.) Yes, it works, and if you > find me here I'll show you what happens if I move the slide to the left a bit > more. > > > --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > > > >
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