UDell wembule muva nje ngeposi kuhlu lweLinux Kernel okuqala ngonyaka ozayo, kuzohlinzeka nge-hardware "izinkinobho zobumfihlo" ukukhubaza ukusekelwa kwemakrofoni nokusekelwa kwekhamera. Ukulungiselela amanye ama-laptops akwaDell analezi zinkinobho emakethe, kulungiswa umshayeli wobumfihlo wakwaDell i-Linux kernel.
Lezi zinkinobho ezintsha zobumfihlo ezivela kuDell empeleni ziyizinto ezibulala ukushintshwa kwehardware yokudlulisa umsindo kusuka kumakrofoni nevidiyo kusuka kwikhamera.
Umshayeli wobumfihlo kaDell othunyelwe uPerry Yuan (unjiniyela wesoftware omkhulu kaDell) kubanakekeli beLinux ngoLwesibili kumayelana nokusebenzisa ama-LED afanele nokulandela isimo sezilawuli zehadiwe, kuyilapho umsindo nokusekela ushintsho lwangempela ividiyo iphathwa yihadiwe.
Ngendlela elikuyo manje, UDell Privacy Driver usekela ikhamera nemakrofoni, kepha isichibi sikhombisa futhi "PRIVACY_SCREEN_STATUS" bit. Mhlawumbe, UDell uhlose ukunweba lo mshayeli wobumfihlo ekuphathweni kwesihlungi sobumfihlo (lokhu ukuvikela okubekwe phambi kwesikrini ukuvimbela ukubuka kwedatha ekhonjiswa ezinhlangothini zombili zesikrini ngaphandle kwe-axis yombono), okukhumbuza i-PrivacyGuard kaLenovo kanye ikhodi yesihlungi sobumfihlo i-Google esebenza ngaso ne-Intel Chromebook.
UPerry Yuan uthi ku-imeyili yakhe:
“Kungezwe ukusekelwa kweDell Privacy Driver ye-Dell Drive Hardware Layout, evikela ubumfihlo bomsebenzisi bekhamera ye-hardware nomsindo.
Uma imodi yekhamera noma yemfihlo ivuliwe, alukho uhlelo oluzothola ukusakazwa komsindo noma kwevidiyo. Lapho umsebenzisi ecindezela i-hotkey ctrl + F4, imodi yobumfihlo yomsindo iyasebenza futhi i-hotkey ukuthulisa ikhamera yi-ctrl + F9 ”.
Ngokuyinhloko, lapho nje ikhodi entsha isilungile futhi ifakwa ku-kernel ye-Linux, alukho uhlelo oluzokwazi ukufinyelela ukuthunyelwa komsindo noma kwevidiyo, ngoba ukunqanyulwa kuzokwenziwa ezingeni lehadiwe.
Njengoba lokhu kusebenza ezingeni lesistimu yokusebenza, ngaphezu kokwenza ukuphazamiseka kube nzima kakhulu ukwenza, kufanele kuvimbele i-spyware noma ezinye izinhlobo ze-malware ezizama ukuyibuka.
Ukushintshwa okunjalo kwi-hardware empeleni akuyona into entsha futhi abakhiqizi abaningi banikele noma banikela ngehadiwe ehambisanayo eminyakeni yamuva.
Izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha eziklanyelwe ngokukhethekile imakethe ye-Linux, njengama-laptops we-Purism's Librem, zikhangiswa ngokusobala ngokushintshwa kwalolu hlobo.
Kumadivayisi we-Dell asethengiswe isikhathi eside njengama-Editions Wonjiniyela nokusatshalaliswa kwe-Linux, okufana nochungechunge lwe-XPS-13, ukushintshwa okunjalo kusatholakala.
Ikhodi manje ethunyelwa kusilawuli iqinisekisa ukuthi imininingwane ngesimo sokushintshwa idluliswa nge-ACPI nokuthi izinhlelo zokusebenza zesikhala somsebenzisi, ngokwesibonelo, zingathola imininingwane ngakho.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona ukulawula ama-LED wesimo kumadivayisi angempela. Kukhona nenketho yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi yisikrini sobumfihlo kukhodi, kepha ayikasetshenziswa.
Ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi izikrini zobumfihlo, isoftware ilawula ukuphuma kwevidiyo noma ukunikela esikrinini ngendlela yokuthi abantu ongabazi bangabe besakwazi ukufunda.
Ku-Windows, amanye amadivayisi wezohwebo anikela ngale misebenzi ngamashayeli angeziwe. KuLinux, ukusetshenziswa kuze kube manje kunqunyelwe kuma-Thinkpads ambalwa, lapho umenzi uLenovo wakhe khona umshayeli ohambisanayo.
Ngisho neGoogle isebenza ngaleyo ndlela kumaDell Chromebook wesikhathi esizayo.
Ekugcineni, uma unentshisekelo yokwazi kabanzi ngenothi. Ungahlola imeyili ethunyelwe kuhlu lwe-imeyili lwe-Linux Kernel kokulandelayo isixhumanisi