@lanodan You better tape your webcam or use a laptop without one.
@lanodan I wish that people would still make laptops without webcams. I have no use for them. Shutters or taping your webcam doesn't solve the microphone issue.
@lanodan I've only soldered once in my entire life and that was a decade ago. I do want to get back to it because it's such a useful skill, but there are dozens of skills I regret not fully learning in my youth.
I've actually never seen a laptop with hardware volume controls. The oldest laptops I ever got my hands on were pre-OSX MacBooks and I don't think they ever had hardware volume controls.