Sure, someone could grab all my files, email, etc. That would be damaging.
But if I'm having a sensitive conversation in my home/office with someone and the camera and/or microphone come on, that could be damaging as well.
FWIW, I use a camera cover and Oversight[0] to tell me when an application uses the camera or microphone. It doesn't prevent it from happening, but at least I'm aware if something is going on. The weirdest thing I've seen yet is that the iOS Simulator uses the microphone.
Sure, someone could grab all my files, email, etc. That would be damaging.
But if I'm having a sensitive conversation in my home/office with someone and the camera and/or microphone come on, that could be damaging as well.
FWIW, I use a camera cover and Oversight[0] to tell me when an application uses the camera or microphone. It doesn't prevent it from happening, but at least I'm aware if something is going on. The weirdest thing I've seen yet is that the iOS Simulator uses the microphone.
[0] https://www.objective-see.com/products/oversight.html