18af9fa37SPerry YuanWhat: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type 28af9fa37SPerry YuanDate: Apr 2021 38af9fa37SPerry YuanKernelVersion: 5.13 4*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho ChehabContact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" 58af9fa37SPerry YuanDescription: 68af9fa37SPerry Yuan Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported 78af9fa37SPerry Yuan “Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance 88af9fa37SPerry Yuan Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and 98af9fa37SPerry Yuan ePrivacy screens. 108af9fa37SPerry Yuan The supported hardware privacy devices are: 11*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab 128af9fa37SPerry Yuan Attributes: 138af9fa37SPerry Yuan Microphone Mute: 148af9fa37SPerry Yuan Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications 158af9fa37SPerry Yuan is available to capture system mic sound 168af9fa37SPerry Yuan 178af9fa37SPerry Yuan Camera Shutter: 188af9fa37SPerry Yuan Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical 198af9fa37SPerry Yuan shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images 208af9fa37SPerry Yuan from outside the laptop 218af9fa37SPerry Yuan 22*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Values: 23*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab 248af9fa37SPerry Yuan supported: 258af9fa37SPerry Yuan The privacy device is supported by this system 268af9fa37SPerry Yuan 278af9fa37SPerry Yuan unsupported: 288af9fa37SPerry Yuan The privacy device is not supported on this system 298af9fa37SPerry Yuan 30*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab For example to check which privacy devices are supported:: 318af9fa37SPerry Yuan 328af9fa37SPerry Yuan # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type 338af9fa37SPerry Yuan [Microphone Mute] [supported] 348af9fa37SPerry Yuan [Camera Shutter] [supported] 358af9fa37SPerry Yuan [ePrivacy Screen] [unsupported] 368af9fa37SPerry Yuan 378af9fa37SPerry YuanWhat: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state 388af9fa37SPerry YuanDate: Apr 2021 398af9fa37SPerry YuanKernelVersion: 5.13 40*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho ChehabContact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" 418af9fa37SPerry YuanDescription: 428af9fa37SPerry Yuan Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state. 438af9fa37SPerry Yuan Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be 448af9fa37SPerry Yuan consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy 458af9fa37SPerry Yuan feature capabilities 46*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab 478af9fa37SPerry Yuan Attributes: 48*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Microphone: 49*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications 50*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab is available to capture system mic sound 51*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab 52*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Camera Shutter: 53*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical 54*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images 55*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab from outside the laptop 56*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab 57*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Values: 588af9fa37SPerry Yuan muted: 59*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Identifies the privacy device is turned off 60*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab and cannot send stream to OS applications 618af9fa37SPerry Yuan 628af9fa37SPerry Yuan unmuted: 63*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab Identifies the privacy device is turned on, 64*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab audio or camera driver can get stream from mic 65*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab and camera module to OS applications 668af9fa37SPerry Yuan 67*2166cc26SMauro Carvalho Chehab For example to check all supported current privacy device states:: 688af9fa37SPerry Yuan 698af9fa37SPerry Yuan # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state 708af9fa37SPerry Yuan [Microphone] [unmuted] 718af9fa37SPerry Yuan [Camera Shutter] [unmuted] 72