Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver for Linux
"These new Dell privacy buttons are basically hardware kill switches for the microphone and web camera video stream. The Dell privacy driver sent out on Tuesday for the Linux kernel is about manipulating the relevant LEDs and tracking the status of the hardware-based controls where as the actual toggling of the audio/video support is handled by the hardware."<p>Why not just wire the LEDs up to the same power line that goes to the camera?