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What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 3 months ago by Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can't really spy on you on something that's already off and unplugged!

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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I second all of your statements. I don’t care if my Apple TV is on WiFi, but my gaming desktop is most definitely hooked to an Ethernet cable. I also use a wired keyboard and mouse on it, but I’ll admit I have a cheap wireless keyboard and mouse for my work laptop because I didn’t want to deal with another set of cables on the same desk, and I can’t think of a good solution for both machines to share the same keyboard and mouse without having to switch the cables between them all the time.

[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A USB switch or the more expensive KVM could work.

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

KVM switch looks like it could work, since I don’t want to switch a USB switch and then still have to switch monitor input. Just need to find one with both an HDMI input and a DP input.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Some monitors have inbuilt KVM switches, have an MSI ultrawide (model escapes me sorry) I bought a few years ago that I use to flip between usbc and dp. Configurable though, could set it up to flip between HDMI and DP and assign usb to whatever one I prefer. It's way nicer than the switch + swapping inputs manually I had been using.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Windows? Mouse without borders

Linux/Mac/mix of that and windows? Barrier.

If, of course, you can install things on your work laptop.