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Comment by NovemberWhiskey

>2013: iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/36569

... applies only to older Mac notebooks from like 2008 period which are long since obsolete according to Apple's announced support policy.

>2016: Your Mac’s Camera Can Be Hacked https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/your-macs-camera-ca....

... refers specifically the exploit above.

>2016: Former NSA employee: This hack gains access to your Mac's webcam https://www.cnet.com/news/mac-webcam-hack-ex-nsa-employee/

... is an attack that depends on the camera already being in use by another application and therefore has nothing to do with the camera indicator.

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