Except, on the off chance that they do find out it's still functional, he could be in trouble. Since he clearly has no interest in ever using the camera, it would seem like painting over the lense with black paint would be the easiest way to convincingly break it.

I remember back in the day when people had nostalgic comments that actually served a purpose. Wait no I don't.

I haven't RTFA but a different FA that I R'd said before the story broke, if you went to alex.kozinski.com you'd see the "Ain't Nothin here." bit. Then if you knew the right directory you could go to alex.kozinski.com/porn and see the naughty bits. This is probably why he thought no one else could see it. Since then he took it off completely.