this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
20 points (71.7% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26890 readers
2228 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected]


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I remember a phone company saying they were going to install cameras in the screens but then no one every talked about it again. Does anyone check?

Edit: I mean hidden cameras for "security".

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well, if it doesn't work if you try to create an app for it, you'll know pretty fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think I'm being clear, they meant hidden cameras.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but you should be able to access those via root and/or there are ways to see what kind of information is being sent where. You really don't need to open it to get at these things. Hell, you can completely change your phone OS if you want.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's not quite that simple. If it's a piece of hardware that's not intended for public use, then there certainly are not gonna be any drivers provided. There will be drivers hidden in their proprietary software, but installing your own os won't include those. And if nobody knows they are there, who's going to hack the hardware and write a driver?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm obviously not that techy even though I'm on Lemmy, I would be too freaked out to even root my phone.