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see everything I click or type, but the risks are amplified if they can also hear

and see anything going on near the device. It’s common enough for webcams

to include a light that indicates when they’re recording, but built-in

microphones don’t do the same. In some cases, vulnerabilities allow the

recording indicator to be disabled anyway.

Display Types

Laptops come in a variety of sizes and at varying costs. One major

contributor to the overall cost of a laptop is the size of the LCD screen. Most

laptops offer a range between 10.1-inch to 17.3-inch screens (measured

diagonally), while a few offer just over 20-inch screens.

In the past, 4:3 aspect ratio screens were common, but these days it’s hard

to find one on anything but special-purpose or ruggedized laptops; almost all

regular laptops come in one of two widescreen format ratios. Aspect ratio is

the comparison of the screen width to the screen height, as you’ll recall from

Chapter 17, “Display Technologies.” While widescreens can have varying

aspect ratios, almost all of the screens you find in present-day laptops will be

16:9 or 16:10. Very old laptop screens had a 4:3 aspect ratio.

EXAM TIP Laptop LCDs are the same in almost every way as desktop

LCDs with a TFT screen, an inverter (if using a CCFL backlight), and a

backlight (CCFL or LED). You know all about these screens from Chapter

17. Expect questions about laptop displays, but know that they’re pretty much

the same as desktop displays. The only major difference is that the LCD

frame contains an antenna, and may contain a camera and microphone, but

we’ll discuss this later in the chapter.

Laptop screens typically come with one of two types of finish: matte or

high-gloss. The matte finish was the industry standard for many years and

offered a good trade-off between color richness and glare reduction. The

better screens have a wide viewing angle and decent response time. The

major drawback for matte-finished laptop screens is that they wash out a lot

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