Re: [Full-disclosure] PC/Laptop microphones

[Sebastian Nohn <sebastian@xxxxxxxx>]

Jim Popovitch wrote:

> the PC or laptop microphone?  Does disabling the sound card remove the
> availability of a built-in microphone? What if I want to play mp3s but
> never have the need to use a microphone? Given recent info about the US
> FBIs capabilities to remotely enable mobile phone microphones
> (presumably via corporate cellular service providers), what prevents my
> OS provider (or distribution) and ISP from working on a way to listen in
> on my office or home conversations via the microphone or the built-in
> speakers?  Thoughts?

It should be easy to destroy the microphone physically.

- Sebastian

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