I totally agree this is a great alternative. Did you manage to source back rubber bands? I believe the best fit for an iPhone SE like mine is the #73 size.

I have an iPhone 11. The rubberband sounds like a good idea but I don’t see how it wouldn’t cover the phone speaker (earpiece) at the top of the phone. Could you send a link to an image of how you use it?

@@rb5957 just put something into the lightning port and you’ll be set

@@InappropriateShorts what do u mean?

@@rb5957 I guess they mean to use wired headphones to listen to the sound output instead of the phone speaker. Also allows you to implement solutions that physically block the embedded microphones at all times so they can't spy on you, and then you only ever use wired or Bluetooth headsets for calls.

The only case I could find with a camera blocker (which isn't pretty) only block the rear-facing camera. Tape is the best we have so far...

See Spy-Fy iPhone case. Only one to get both cameras covered. I want to get a sticker cover since I love my case. I wish I could clamp these camera covers on

Fantastic idea... how does this affect sound?

That idea is awesome, thanks for sharing!

But doesn't that cover a whole bunch of screen area, especially the status bar at the top? How is that acceptable?

Hi there, link is in the description. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0748FZX99

Do’h. My bad.

Currently unavailable as of 7-1-21. Etsy has a bunch of similar and even customized versions.

I guess the challenge is finding a solution that allows us to use the cameras once in a while while hiding them most of the time. Tape is the only solution I found yet.

Great question! Unfortunately I don’t except for not having the phone on me when addition privacy is required or, at the very least, turning it off. Anyone has suggestions?

Snowden disconnected his physically inside the phone and used earphones with the mic 🎙 on them. Then you plug em in only when you need em. Not much else you can do.

@@sunknudsen How about putting your phone in the protector case in reverse position top to bottom? Depending on the phone it might cover one or both microphones at both ends of the phone if the case holes from the opposite end don't match the microphone positions. Bonus: you also get full rear-camera coverage with no tape or any other extraneous solutions. The downside would be you always have to take the phone out of the case to talk or use the rear camera. The sadist in me would prefer to use a crinkly plastic bag that always makes brain-destroying noises during handling, and keep the phone in that instead of a regular protector, just to put horrible loud and distorted noises into the recordings of anyone trying to spy on you, but that would be even less convenient for you to have to regularly move your phone into and out of, and would significantly degrade the thermal performance of the phone. :/

Why would you ever use face recognition if you're worried about what the software on your phone is doing with the camera footage you allow it to get?

@@d0nj03 I use it because I don’t know all my passwords and it is such a pain to type them all in. Not all are saved on LastPass. I use it when I want but I don’t want my phone just laying there taking photos.

Thanks for reporting this Francisco. I removed links when I opted out from Amazon affiliate program. www.amazon.com/dp/B00DVAZYES

Hey, I believe there is an affiliate link in the description.

Hey Karel, I wasn’t able to find an iPhone 7 case that I liked with a built-in rear-facing camera cover and I don’t use the front-facing camera much so somehow tape works for me. That being said, please drop case recommendations here if you found nice ones. 😊

Thanks for sharing... stumbled upon that case but I find it looks awful.. I prefer tape haha.

Sorry to read that... have you watched kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpqjdq-Z3pPWp2w.html This episode talks about privacy-related anxiety.

It's nothing against you but this video was very very long.

Oh, that kind of anxiety... that's much easier to solve.

Thanks for the feedback. Sorry this episode was a little underwhelming. I spent a considerable amount of time scratching my itch for a reusable adhesive that doesn’t cake the screen and wanted to share the tip. Stay tuned for deeper episodes!

@@sunknudsen Thank you for sharing. Your tip was usefull to some one, no doubt (perhaps even me some day). However, i felt like it did not require the full 8 minutes to explain :P . Nonetheless, always looking forward to your content. Great work!

@@sunknudsen No man don't apologise. You went to great lengths to explain the rationale and steps. There are some like elderlies who'll wonder why would u cover ur cam for in the first place and assume u shouldve bought a cam-less phone. Ur explanation makes everything clearer such as pull-tab etc