suryanararayananv

I was referring to a cover for the whole laptop, not the camera, but it doesn't.
 
As it stands, this is beside the point -- the issue is that some people are piling on Apple for something that isn't the company's fault. Part of that Only Apple Does Bad Things mindset where there's a different set of standards depending on the logo on the machine.

Im not saying it's isolated, the only way to talk to it is online verification.
Obviously there is nothing called absolute. you need physical access to get further.
 
No one managed to do it for the past 15 years. What makes you think they will do it now? let alone distribute it successfully.
My job is to deal with facts, you are the one who's not accepting the fact that apple did one thing right.
 
1. You can't replace SSD's without bricking it
2. You can't install linux without disabling security features
3. iCloud sucks
4. Every browser except safari is much more performance hungry
5. MS office is shit
5. virtualisation is very limited
6. Networking is limited
7. There is no way for you to disable startup applications on one place.
8. They don't give a shit about right to repair
9. Soldered components means zero upgradability
10. No more bootcamp
11. Sometimes randomly System can be extremely unresponsive and requires a restart
12. Tedious process to make an app from an unidentified developer run
13. There are no games
14. Compatibility is total shit, every app needs to update every 2 years or they drop support.
15. Bootcamp drivers absolutely suck
16. They include AMD graphics
17. They become VERY hot.
18. All USB C ports, yikes
19. If you forget your appleid password and Mac password you are screwed
20. Itunes is still the only way to backup your phone.
21. There is no way to hibernate unless you use the command line
22. so much more I can't think of.
 
If you want to hate on apple there's the list but you have to acknowledge the fact that they did one thing right. If you can't accept that you are just blinded by your hate towards apple.
 
At this point, I'm just arguing to haters/fanboys. I won't reply to senseless statements anymore. I did everything I could to explain that the hacking SMC is a fools errand if you can't accept that, believe whatever lie you want, because even if there is a loophole to exploit, it is stupidly complicated to be practical.

Oh god, what did I stumble upon here? I was researching about antivirus for Mac since I just switched to Mac and I see this thread. I'm a security researcher(pen tester), 
I seriously feel very bad for apple, they decided not to cheap out on design i.e include a hardware switch which would  have costed them a few 1000$(Giving users a false sense of security). Instead they decided to invest millions of dollars on the T2 chip which mitigates the issues of not only webcam but also, spectre, meltdown and thunderbolt 3 attacks. And all you do is complain? 
 
To answer your question yes it is theoretically possible(but has never been done yet) to infiltrate the T2 chip to turn off the camera light. But here's the thing, the T2 chip and the intel x_86 chip are not even directly connected(massive oversimplification), both the intel and t2 chips are connected to the UEFI(BIOS) chip. so the infiltrate the T2 chip you need to infiltrate the UEFI chip first. But doing that is almost impossible because the UEFI chip does not execute instructions from the hard drive unless apple releases a EFI partition update, so to trick the UEFI chip to execute a malware is to first spoof apple servers making u think your Mac has an update. Even if u managed to do that, on startup during an update your Mac connects to the internet to "Verify" the image to check if the macOS image is indeed supplied from apple(there is a unique "BundleID" for each update for each user/serial no). 
 
Keep in mind that no one has ever managed to do that. But for arguments sake lets say that they did, At this point this becomes a "targeted attack"(the attack can work for you and only you because of the "Verification") meaning that this attack can't be used as an "opportunistic attack"(attacks which can be used for a broad number of people). The way you fall for "targeted attack" is social engineering (someone online pretends to be your friend and sends a link which will look completely normal but is embedded with malware).
 
The reason why I give you this security class is because I wanted you to understand that targeted attacks take massive amount of research and time. Thus they are only used on celebrities and top level government officials. 
 
So my point was the webcam light can be spoofed only via targeted attacks(theoretically). If you are indeed targeted your stupid webcam being hacked should be least of your concern(remember social engineering takes weeks of stalking and actual interaction with you)
 
 
EDIT: Typo

Yes meltdown existed since to launch of x86, but the operating system that you use runs on x86 so yes exploits will always be discovered. T2 Chip is arm based and is completely isolated from macOS, most people who get viruses or malware click on sketchy links on email for hackers to gain access. Those malware links gets executed on the x86 platform not the T2 chip. 
 
Hahahahahahahaha.... I live and breath Linux, I hate macOS, the only reason I use macOS is because work from home tools are not so friendly with Linux. And I hate windows even more.
 
I never said the webcam can’t be hacked, I said the webcam can’t be hacked without the light turning on.
 
Yes monitoring your network is much more effective than using a cover.

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Heres some videos with giveaways.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Have you watched any of ltt's other videos? 
Heres some videos with giveaways.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and that does not even include rog rig reboot series.
 
 
Well maybe before spreading how much ltt has become "thirsty" do some some research on what u post online beforehand. I mean its not even hard to find ltt giveaways. lets see...
 

 
see? its the top suggestion on google. Please don't spread hate without actual basis or evidence.