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Disable builtin camera
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disable-webcam.md
  1. find the Camera entry in dmesg output, use e.g. grep <your camera brand/type> BisonCam in my case Bus 001 Device 002: ID 5986:9102 Acer, Inc BisonCam,NB Pro
  2. use vendor:productid to create entry in script e.g. /etc/udev/rules.d/40-disable-internal-webcam.rules ATTRS{idVendor}=="5986", ATTRS{idProduct}=="9102", RUN="/bin/sh -c 'echo 0 >/sys/$devpath/authorized'"
  3. reboot
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