Because people forget to slide the camera cover.
People forget simply because camera covers are not common enough, so it's not a valid argument for why they shouldn't be more common.
Camera covers are just another example of security for show. Having a camera cover on a pc without a hard wired camera indicator like Macs have means you will never know how many of those times you were filmed after forgetting to slide your camera cover over.
I'm sorry, do you mean to say that only intelligence agency personnel are capable of remembering a simple habit such as sliding a camera cover? Not too long ago we were all using flip phones, many with extendable antennas, and no one was having trouble remembering to flip open their phone and extend the antenna before using it.
And as the sister comment said, no one suggested removing the LED indicator.
And yes, 90% of people aren’t going to remember to close the camera cover every time.
The LED indicator is all you need as long as its hardwired like Apples is.
> The LED indicator is all you need as long as its hardwired like Apple's is.
An LED indicator does nothing to stop someone from snooping.
A LED indicator makes snooping obvious, exposing them immediately. Someone snooping your spy camera needs to record hours upon hours of recording to find anything they can use to blackmail you with.
You still haven't switched tactics despite me demonstrating how it's an invalid argument. Not only do you have zero data to support this conjecture, but he camera cover is not there for the people who don't use it. It's there for the people who do use it.
It was a long time before seatbelts were legally mandated. That didn't stop the safety-conscious folk from wanting and using them.
I have friends now who never wear their seatbelt. Two years ago my oldest friend whom I've known since I was five was killed in an accident because he forgot to wear his seatbelt. Is the answer to take seatbelts back out because some people won't use them? Of course not. The answer is more seatbelt awareness campaigns from auto manufacturers.
The LED indicator is a bit like police, who respond to burglaries after they've happened, while a camera cover is the deadbolt which prevents the crime in the first place. Do you leave your house unlocked at night, too?
You clearly are arguing for argument's sake, and have no interest in actually considering what I am saying, just repeating the same tired points over and over again. I'm done here.