Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don’t have Gspy so I cannot test this

  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    Didn’t Fairphone or some other Linux phone maker include switches in some relatively recent model?

    EDIT: According to (embarrassed for having to mention source) Google’s AI summary, yes:

    • Murena 2: Features a dedicated physical privacy switch that physically cuts the circuit for the microphone and camera.

    • Purism Librem 5: Offers physical toggle switches on the side of the phone to mechanically sever power to the microphone, camera, and baseband.

    • Pine64 PinePhone: Includes built-in hardware DIP switches under the back cover that allow you to completely disconnect the mic, cameras, and modems.

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      6 days ago

      I have /e/OS on my Fairphone 6 and the switch turns off camera and microphone. Of course this is software, but better than nothing.

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        6 days ago

        Only marginally, IMHO - software is vulnerable to remote hacks, but physically breaking the electrical connection is pretty effing hard to overcome remotely.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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          4 days ago

          More context, the proportion of inaccurate summaries is high enough I limit my trust of it to something like jogging my memory on something I already know. I might make more searches based on it as well.

          I ensure I never spread summaries unless I recognize their factuality - I recall a time I was asked a question, asked a state of the art model to explain the situation surrounding the question, read through the answer, and shared the answer 1:1 with a disclaimer that every word matched my understanding.

          Some are MUCH more critical than me!:

          screenshot of above linked post

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          5 days ago

          Is that a copy paste from the automated summary at the top of Google results? Wondered if those bullet points are true