| What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type | |
| Date: Apr 2021 | |
| KernelVersion: 5.13 | |
| Contact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" | |
| Description: | |
| Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported | |
| “Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance | |
| Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and | |
| ePrivacy screens. | |
| The supported hardware privacy devices are: | |
| Attributes: | |
| Microphone Mute: | |
| Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications | |
| is available to capture system mic sound | |
| Camera Shutter: | |
| Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical | |
| shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images | |
| from outside the laptop | |
| Values: | |
| supported: | |
| The privacy device is supported by this system | |
| unsupported: | |
| The privacy device is not supported on this system | |
| For example to check which privacy devices are supported:: | |
| # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type | |
| [Microphone Mute] [supported] | |
| [Camera Shutter] [supported] | |
| [ePrivacy Screen] [unsupported] | |
| What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state | |
| Date: Apr 2021 | |
| KernelVersion: 5.13 | |
| Contact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" | |
| Description: | |
| Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state. | |
| Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be | |
| consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy | |
| feature capabilities | |
| Attributes: | |
| Microphone: | |
| Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications | |
| is available to capture system mic sound | |
| Camera Shutter: | |
| Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical | |
| shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images | |
| from outside the laptop | |
| Values: | |
| muted: | |
| Identifies the privacy device is turned off | |
| and cannot send stream to OS applications | |
| unmuted: | |
| Identifies the privacy device is turned on, | |
| audio or camera driver can get stream from mic | |
| and camera module to OS applications | |
| For example to check all supported current privacy device states:: | |
| # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state | |
| [Microphone] [unmuted] | |
| [Camera Shutter] [unmuted] |