linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] media: uvcvideo: Introduce allow_privacy

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Message-ID: <20251118170104.01dba6bf.michal.pecio@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:04 +0100
From: Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@...il.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>, Laurent Pinchart
 <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] media: uvcvideo: Introduce allow_privacy_override

On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:09:16 +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> On other words, if someone has secure boot enabled, he can be more
> confident that a distro-vendor signed Kernel will honour the privacy
> LED, and not even the root can tamper with - as BIOS access to
> disable secure boot would be needed to change it - plus, booting a
> non-signed kernel.

IMHO users are better off trusting duct tape than any chain of trust,
and those with tinfoil hats already do.

Rational people with any clue will simply assume their computer broke
and put duct tape over the LED, carefully not to cover the lens ;)

Regards,
Michal