Hey guys,
We are a bunch of IT guys and we need to block our students access to camera servcies, wonder if Hexnode have a restriction policy to disable the native camera in macbooks for a given period. also, we want to lift the restriction once our requirement is done.
Someone suggest me a method to disable the camera during the students vacation period and then reverse the action once it’s over. We’ve like around 12000 macbooks in our school environment and we don’t prefer messing things up.
Thanks in advance
Hey @Matilda, thanks for reaching out to us!
Hexnode does support restricting access to camera services with its ‘Restrictions’ payload.
All you’ve to do is head on to Policies, navigate to the Restrictions pane under the macOS platform, and uncheck the Camera option to disable access to the camera directly or from other apps. Next, associate the policy with your students’ MacBooks. Your students will no longer be able to access the camera again.
Once the vacation is over, you can either delete the policy or remove your MacBooks from the policy to enable camera access again.
Note that disabling camera services works only on macOS 10.11+ devices.

Hope this answers your query.
Cheers!
Jeff Morrison
Hexnode UEM
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This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by
Jeff Morrison.
28 May 2021