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
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