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Like most laptops my laptop has a built in microphone. I don't use it for anything, so I consider it a bit of a liability. Due to the fact that I'm paranoid and don't want this hardware to be used to breach my privacy, I'd like to disable it. What is the most secure way of disabling it (short of physically ripping it out of my computer)?
This is in Windows 7.
RectangleTangle
Posted 2011-05-05T23:22:15.600
Reputation: 415
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Right click on the volume icon in the system tray, select "recording devices"
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Once the window opens, right click on the microphone and select "disable"
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Moab
Posted 2011-05-05T23:22:15.600
Reputation: 54 203
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Some laptops will let you hardware disable it. Since this is actually a question, I'm guessing that's not the case. You could disable the device in device manager(easy) or add a poisoned '.inf' file for your audio device(complicated).
RobotHumans
Posted 2011-05-05T23:22:15.600
Reputation: 5 758
1That's not secure enough. :-P – Apache – 2011-05-06T00:19:52.667