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Camera and microphone usage should be hard-wired to an LED

and a switch which has a physical air gap when off.

Thanks for your suggestion, but at this time the NSA cannot allow this change.

Haha! That gave me a good laugh.

Mics listen for voice commands all the time and some cameras can be activated without their LEDs.

"But the switch will compromise its water tightness like the headphone jack does!" - every mobile sycophant.

Magnets and reed switches? Crazy talk!

Or worse: It might add 15 cents to the BOM!