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sir pball

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4. Even if that were implemented

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:57 AM

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It would need the OS to receive the signal to disable the camera…switch the phone to airplane mode and it shuts down all the radio hardware, the signal can't be heard, and the camera cheerfully keeps running.

I suppose the OS could be updated to disable the camera anytime airplane mode is on, but that probably wouldn't be very popular.

And even if all that were somehow forcibly implemented, standalone GoPro-type cameras are cheap and readily available.

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