Dell ya bayyana kwanan nan ta hanyar wasiku a cikin jerin Linux Kernel cewa farawa shekara mai zuwa, za ta samar da maɓallan "maɓallin sirri" don kashe makirufo da tallafin kyamara. A shirye-shiryen wasu kwamfutocin tafi-da-gidanka na Dell tare da waɗannan maɓallan a kasuwa, ana shirya direban sirri na Dell don kwayar Linux.
Waɗannan sabbin maballan tsare sirri daga Dell su ne ainihin kayan kashe kayan aiki don watsa sauti daga makirufo da bidiyo daga kyamara.
Daraktan sirrin Dell da Perry Yuan (babban injiniyan injiniyar Dell) ya aika wa Linux masu kula da kernel ranar Talata duk game da sarrafa LEDs masu dacewa da bin matsayin kulawar kayan masarufi, yayin da sauti da tallafi na ainihin canje-canje bidiyo ke aiki da kayan aiki.
A halin yanzu, Direban Sirri na Dell yana tallafawa kyamara da makirufo, amma facin kuma yana nuna ɗan "PRIVACY_SCREEN_STATUS". Mai yiwuwa, Dell yayi niyyar faɗaɗa wannan matukin sirrin ga gudanar da matatar sirri (wannan kariya ce da aka sanya a gaban allo don taƙaita ganin bayanan da aka nuna a ɓangarorin biyu na allon ban da ƙirar hangen nesa), wanda ya tuna da PrivacyGuard na Lenovo da lambar don matatar sirrin da Google ke aiki tare da Intel Chromebooks.
Perry Yuan ya faɗi a cikin imel ɗin sa:
“Supportara goyan baya ga Daraktan Sirrin Dell don shimfidar Bayanin Kayan Komputa na Dell Drive, wanda ke kare sirrin mai amfani da kyamarar kayan aiki da sauti.
Da zarar an kunna kamara ko yanayin sirrin odiyo, babu aikace-aikacen da zai karɓi raɗaɗin sauti ko bidiyo. Lokacin da mai amfani ya danna hotkey ctrl + F4, ana kunna yanayin sirrin odiyo kuma hotkey don kashe kyamara yana ctrl + F9 ”.
Asali, da zaran sabon lambar ta shirya kuma an saka ta cikin kernel na Linux, babu wani shirin da zai iya samun damar watsa shirye-shiryen sauti ko bidiyo, tunda za a aiwatar da yankewar a matakin kayan aiki.
Tunda wannan yana aiki a matakin tsarin aiki, ban da yin haɗari mafi wahalar aiwatarwa, yakamata ya toshe kayan leken asiri ko wasu nau'ikan malware waɗanda suke ƙoƙarin hango shi.
Irin waɗannan sauyawa a cikin kayan aiki ba ainihin sabon abu bane kuma masana'antun da yawa sun miƙa ko miƙa kayan aikin da suka dace a cikin 'yan shekarun nan.
Kayan aikin da aka tsara musamman don kasuwar Linux, kamar su kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na Purrem ta Librem, har ma ana tallata su a bayyane tare da masu sauya nau'ikan wannan nau'in.
A kan na'urorin Dell waɗanda aka daɗe ana sayar da su azaman Deabubuwan veloaddamarwa tare da rarraba Linux, kamar su XPS-13 jerin, har yanzu waɗannan masu sauya suna ɓacewa.
Lambar da aka aika zuwa yanzu ga mai kula tana tabbatar da cewa ana watsa bayanai game da matsayin masu sauyawa ta hanyar ACPI kuma aikace-aikacen sararin mai amfani, alal misali, na iya karɓar bayani game da shi.
Bugu da kari, akwai ikon kula da matsayin LED akan ainihin na’urorin. Hakanan akwai zaɓi don abin da ake kira allon sirri a cikin lambar, amma ba a yi amfani da shi ba tukuna.
Tare da abin da ake kira allon tsare sirri, software ɗin yana sarrafa fitowar bidiyo ko nunawa akan allon ta hanyar da baƙi ba za su iya karantawa ba.
A cikin Windows, wasu na'urorin kasuwanci suna ba da waɗannan ayyuka ta ƙarin direbobi. A kan Linux, ya zuwa yanzu an iyakance amfani da shi zuwa Thinan Thinan tunani, wanda mai ƙirar Lenovo ya ƙirƙiri direban da ya dace.
Ko Google yana aiki akan irin wannan dabarar don Dell Chromebooks na gaba.
A ƙarshe, idan kuna sha'awar ƙarin sani game da bayanin kula. Kuna iya duba wasikun da aka aika a cikin jerin sunayen aikawa na Linux Kernel a cikin mai zuwa mahada