Security Bite: A note on camera covers in 2026 ^42%

9to5Mac - By Arin Waichulis - 7/4/2026, 10:21 AM

Negativity Bias 26.8% - Anecdotal 23.7% - Hasty Generalization 21%

Plastic webcam covers—especially of the sliding kind—boomed in popularity sometime in the 2010s as a low-tech way to keep hackers from eavesdropping on compromised machines. The concern felt justified at the time. But by 2020, Apple was beginning to issue warnings that those covers aren’t actually needed and can even damage a MacBook’s... more