Well that was an unexpected twist.
Dammit Physics!

I decided to put some regular black electrical tape over the camera to block it whilst keeping a neat finish. Turns out IR passes straight through electrical tape 😂

I did consider whether its because of the adjacent backlight and so I tried blocking that too, however most of the rooms I sit in have enough ambient IR to not matter.

I'm considering something more "glass like" since that seems to reflect IR much better but the seems a pain.
Anyone else have a better solution they've found?

Its probably at the point for me that its "good to know but can't be bothered" but there's just so many interesting and unexpected outcomes I felt compelled to satisfy my curiosity and share.

#Cyber #Security #Infosec #Lenovo #Privacy #Hacking

A friendly reminder to never trust manufacturers privacy protections.

I was recently attempting to get an external camera functioning, so I started polling various video devices sequentially to find out where it appeared and stumbled across a previously unknown (to me at least) camera device, right next to the regular camera that is not affected by the intentional privacy flap or "camera active" LED that comes built in.

I had always assumed this was just a light sensor and didn't think any further about it.

The bandwidth seems to drop dramatically when the other camera is activated by opening the privacy flap, causing more flickering.
This was visible IRL and wasn't just an artifact of recording it on my phone.
I deliberately put my finger over each camera one at a time to confirm the sources being projected.

A friend of mine suggested this may be related to Windows Hello functionality at a guess but still seems weird to not be affected by the privacy flap when its clearly capable of recording video.

dmidecode tells me this is a LENOVO Yoga 9 2-in-1 14ILL10 (P/N:83LC)

Command I used for anyone to replicate the finding. (I was on bog standard Kali, but I'm sure you'll figure out your device names if they change under other distros):
vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 -vv --v4l2-width=320 --v4l2-height=240 & vlc v4l2:///dev/video2 -vv --v4l2-width=320 --v4l2-height=240

#Cyber #Security #Infosec #Lenovo #Privacy #Hacking

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' #ICE leak to unmask agents

‚A whistleblower has released the identities of approximately 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents, marking what may be the largest data breach in the Department of Homeland Security's history. The leak, published on ICE List, was triggered by national outrage following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent….‘

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-data-leak/
👇

#Hacking #ICELeak #Data #USA

HackInSOCS

Da venerdì 27 marzo a domenica 29 marzo, dalle 15:00 alle 23:59, presso Socs26, Via Celoria 22

Anno 2026: gli stati in ogni parte del mondo muovono guerra alle comunicazioni criptate e all'anonimato in rete in nome della sicurezza. L'IA trasforma in merda tutto quello che tocca e internet collassa su se stesso. Le grandi aziende chiudono sempre di più il codice e costruiscono database di sorveglianza di massa, incuranti dei costi ambientali e umani necessari a sostenere questa architettura...

Nel frattempo noi non restiamo in balia delle correnti!

Ora più che mai, è evidente che non possiamo delegare la gestione delle tecnologie che usiamo tutti i giorni. Vogliamo inventare, condividere pratiche, immaginare futuri e presenti possibili...insomma, costruire gli strumenti - non solo digitali - della nostra liberazione.

Ed è per questo che ci troviamo il 27, 28 e 29 marzo a Milano per HackInSOCS!

Tre giorni di autogestione per mettere in circolo saperi, studiare nuove vie di fuga, costruire comunità resistenti dentro e fuori dalla rete, smanettando in compagnia e divertendoci decisamente troppo. Hai una scimmia che la metà basta per il Do It Yourself? Vuoi condividere i risultati di ricerche o progetti della tua collettiva? Cerchi compagnia nella nobile arte di spaccare tutto e poi (opzionale) rimetterlo insieme?! Bando alla timidezza, è aperta la call for contents e ogni tipo di sperimentazione è ben accetta, non solo elettronica o digitale!

Proponi il tuo talk/lab a hackinsocs@inventati.org. Unici requisiti: l'entusiasmo e un'impostazione orizzontale.

A breve tutte le informazioni ed il programma su http://hackinsocs.vado.li, intanto prepara i calzini <3

#socs #hacking #hackinsocs #hacktivism

The WalMart Atomic Clock

In the realm of first-world problems, your cheap wall clock doesn’t keep time, so you have to keep setting it. The answer? Of course, you connect it to NTP and …read more
#hacking #projects
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/14/the-walmart-atomic-clock/

The WalMart Atomic Clock

In the realm of first-world problems, your cheap wall clock doesn’t keep time, so you have to keep setting it. The answer? Of course, you connect it to NTP and …read more
#hacking #projects
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/14/the-walmart-atomic-clock/