Apple warns that if you cover the webcam of the MacBook you can break the screen
Anyone with a laptop, for security, covers the laptop's camera for privacy. This practice is very widespread and anyone with a little computer science will recommend it. Some laptops already hide the webcam with a tab or allow it to be rotated. Apple for its part has asked that the webcam not be covered in MacBook, since closing the lid could cause damage to the screen.
A practice so common, that it has not caused damage to any laptop in history, Apple's could be fatal. The problem is that MacBooks are very pretty and such, but delicate as themselves. It seems that if we install more than a piece of electrical tape, we can break the screen.
[irp]Apple asks you not to cover the webcam of your MacBook
Usually users fix sliding systems to hide the webcam or similar systems. These systems allow you to discover the webcam in a simple way and are elements that hardly cost a few euros. It seems that these elements, which are not very thick, generate many problems in Apple MacBooks.
Apple recommends at most putting a sticker on the MacBook webcam. But covering the webcam with a simple sticker can lead to some problems. The brightness adjustment function disappears, in addition, the True Tone color adjustment system stops working if we cover the webcam. Come on, a lot of engineering, but a Canarian banana sticker on the webcam and you run out of those wonderful innovative technologies.
If you close your Mac laptop with a webcam cover installed, you could damage the screen because the gap between the screen and the keyboard is designed with very tight tolerances. Covering the built-in camera could also interfere with the ambient light sensor and prevent features such as auto brightness and True Tone from working.
The reality is that none of the engineers ever thought that users want privacy. All this comes after users complained on Reddit about screen damage due to the installation of protection systems on the webcam.
Source: wccftech
