Camera Lock 4+

No Visible User Interface or way to stop it

I would like to rate this higher but I don't see any contorls or feedback when I start it. I can see that it is running with the Activity Monitor and I can test it by trying to open the camera and see that it is blocked. Is ia suppose to show me a control window? Currently, I have to "force quit" it in the Activity Monitor to stop it - sort of a pain. I am running this on MacBookPro M1 Max running Ventura v13.0.1

Lack of transparency

While the app does what it says and is pretty user friendly.

There doesn’t seem to be much assurance from the developer over app transparency. Is the code open-source so anyone can check they aren’t actually spying? If you’re downloading this sort of software you want assurances that the app is not going to do the same thing that it is proposing to stop (i.e. intro. back doors, key logging, etc.)

When they upgrade the transparency in this regard, I’d be happy to give them 5 stars.

Developer Response ,

Hi Pcmngan, thanks for your support. Open-source code would help hackers and put us out of business... The assurance that we are not spying on you comes from the fact that Camera Lock ships via the Mac App Store: It is strongly managed by macOS ("sandboxed") and has no access to files, folders, cameras, etc without your explicit permission. If Camera Lock would try to access the camera or microphone, macOS Mojave will ask you for permission. It does not! Hope this helps. Thanks, Qneo

Used to work great but keep getting "damaged"

It used to work great but now when I try to open the app it says "Camera Lock" is damaged and can't be opened. Delete "Camera Lock" and download it again from the App Store. I follow those instructions and it works once then I get the error again. So not very useful. If this gets fixed I'll revisit my review.