@wicko 

Hi,
Thank you for your feedback here, currently, the Tapo C225 does not support the feature to disable the physical privacy mode button.
While we don't have any specific details that I can share about whether this feature can come to the product or when it might, I'll log the feature request and pass it along to the team to evaluate.
I moved this conversation into the ‘Feature Request (Tapo)' area for better visibility, and if other users have the same request, please vote on this thread and describe your usage scenario in detail.
Best Regards