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On new Macs the light is a minimum 3 seconds even for a single frame photo. Anyone monitoring you has to turn the light in just to see if you are there, and what you are doing, and will likely have to watch for hours to catch any incriminating footage.

You will have plenty of notice.

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> will likely have to watch for hours to catch any incriminating footage

It's not just 'incriminating footage' that's the problem. There are perfectly legal sites I visit that I'd prefer didn't have a photo identifying me. Takes only seconds to snap such a picture if using an exploit like the safari one in April.

They can take a photo of you, not the web site.

And what sort of hardware switch is it that guarantees the 3 second minimum?

A capacitor?

A capacitor would also mean that you could quickly switch the camera on and off without triggering the light.

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