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

Mal wieder ein sehr wertvoller Artikel von gnulinux.ch zu #KeePassXC inklusvie Sync mit #Nextcloud und Integration in #Firefox.

BTW: Exakt so machen wir das auch seit Jahren. Das tut.

#password #security #PoweredByRSS
KeePassXC - Passwörter sicher und synchronisiert abspeichern

How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...

#drawing #comic #geek #government #privacy #security

I told you I had a virus on my laptop. 🦠

#Tech #TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Developer #Development #Programming #Coding #Fedora #Dev #DevOps #Cybersecurity #Security #Debugging #Virus #Malware #Laptop

RE: https://social.data.coop/@cryptohagen/116090437552180697

This was ridiculous from jump & getting more so every day.

Look, you idiots, they named the company Palantir BECAUSE THE PALANTIRS IN LOTR WERE INSTRUMENTS THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SPY ON EACH OTHER, BUT AT THE COST OF THE LITERAL DARK LORD LISTENING IN ON EVERYTHING & POSSIBLY DISTORTING WHAT YOU SEE & HEAR!!

Only a complete fucking moron would use this for anything, let alone for intel.

#palantir #intel #security

RE: https://social.data.coop/@cryptohagen/116090437552180697

This was ridiculous from jump & getting more so every day.

Look, you idiots, they named the company Palantir BECAUSE THE PALANTIRS IN LOTR WERE INSTRUMENTS THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SPY ON EACH OTHER, BUT AT THE COST OF THE LITERAL DARK LORD LISTENING IN ON EVERYTHING & POSSIBLY DISTORTING WHAT YOU SEE & HEAR!!

Only a complete fucking moron would use this for anything, let alone for intel.

#palantir #intel #security

𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗢 𝗙-𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗗 𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 "𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘" 𝗦𝗨 𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗗

Da oggi è comparso il banner su #Fdroid per mobilitare gli utenti #Android contro la decisione di #Google di limitare l'utilizzo di software libero ed #opensource , non distribuito dalla sua piattaforma proprietaria.

Un pericoloso tentativo di comprimere la nostra liberta di scelta.

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶：
https://keepandroidopen.org/it/

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴
https://c.org/qMgyFC6yXK

@opensource

#sideloading #privacy #security

𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗢 𝗙-𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗗 𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 "𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘" 𝗦𝗨 𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗗

Da oggi è comparso il banner su #Fdroid per mobilitare gli utenti #Android contro la decisione di #Google di limitare l'utilizzo di software libero ed #opensource , non distribuito dalla sua piattaforma proprietaria.

Un pericoloso tentativo di comprimere la nostra liberta di scelta.

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶：
https://keepandroidopen.org/it/

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴
https://c.org/qMgyFC6yXK

@opensource

#sideloading #privacy #security

Sicherheitsbedenken: EU-Parlament deaktiviert KI-Tools auf Diensthandys

EU-Abgeordnete und ihre Angestellte können auf dienstlichen Smartphones und Tablets keine KI-Funktionen mehr nutzen. Man wisse zu wenig zur Datensicherheit.

https://www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitsbedenken-EU-Parlament-deaktiviert-KI-Tools-auf-Diensthandys-11179064.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#EU #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Mobiles #Security #news

Sicherheitsbedenken: EU-Parlament deaktiviert KI-Tools auf Diensthandys

EU-Abgeordnete und ihre Angestellte können auf dienstlichen Smartphones und Tablets keine KI-Funktionen mehr nutzen. Man wisse zu wenig zur Datensicherheit.

https://www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitsbedenken-EU-Parlament-deaktiviert-KI-Tools-auf-Diensthandys-11179064.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#EU #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Mobiles #Security #news

I want to share this… but take notice, it will cost you your time and attention 😂

Looking at all the (worldwide) attempts to enter an online unsecured server… doomscrolling for security fans.

#visualisation #bots #security

https://knock-knock.net

I want to share this… but take notice, it will cost you your time and attention 😂

Looking at all the (worldwide) attempts to enter an online unsecured server… doomscrolling for security fans.

#visualisation #bots #security

https://knock-knock.net