If you’re worried about your MacBook’s webcam spying on you, you might be tempted to buy a cheap, plastic camera cover. You can get them for just around $5, but you should actually steer clear of them ...

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The latest MacBook Pros are vulnerable to display damage when a privacy cover is installed over the camera. The problem is now sufficiently widespread that Apple recommends against installing any ...

So, Apple recommends that you don't close the lid your MacBook if it has a camera cover fitted because it can break your display, and instead of using a camera cover, Apple says you should use the ...

Earlier this month, Apple published a support document warning users against the use of camera covers on MacBooks. The support document notes that using a third-party camera cover may damage the ...

Apple published a new support document in July to warn MacBook owners not to close their laptops when a camera cover is on, as it could damage the display. Apple reminds MacBook owners that the ...

Apple warns customers to avoid closing their MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro devices if they use a camera cover thicker than 0.1mm to avoid display damage. "If you close your Mac notebook with a ...

Apple this month published a support document that warns customers against closing their Mac notebooks with a cover over the camera as it can lead to display damage. Image via Reddit Apple says that ...

Earlier this month, Apple published a support document that warned MacBook owners against closing their laptop with a camera cover fitted. And just as with the whole wearing masks in public debate, ...

Apple, in a new support document, is warning users against closing their MacBook lids with a cover over the camera. Placing a cover, sticker or tape over a laptop camera is a practice adopted by some ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. But Apple’s recent move to tell users not to use camera covers to ...

Those little plastic camera covers with a sliding mechanism are super common nowadays. Heck, I remember getting one as a holiday gift from The Verge’s parent company, Vox Media. But they could spell ...