Hi! > > Question is if we want flexibility or security. > > For thinkpad-acpi, it is security by default. Flexibility is allowed as > *compile*-time (Kconfig) option, and only as long as it defaults to > secure *and* the help text is very explicit at instructing distros to > NOT enable this option. Yep, no problem with that. > That said, if mic-mute is under HDA mixer control, it will only be > "secure" if ALSA is also blocking userspace access to the relevant bits, > and if that is not possible to do properly, might as well go for > flexibility. But only in that case. That also makes sense. > That would be why I use phisical shutters on embedded webcams unless the > hardware actually airgaps them from the USB bus when the privacy switch > is active. And yes, I use them, too. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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