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		Sporktacular on Nov 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, ... Yeah, but they aren't an input device with an amp wired in the right direction and an A/D converter to read it out.

dfox on Nov 28, 2024 [–]

If there is a discrete PA in the speaker path, then not. But I would not be that surprised if there is a single chip codec + PA combination that can conect an internal ADC to pins that are primarily meant as PA outputs of the integrated PA.

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