afaik Android System Intelligence and apps using that will not show the mic icon
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SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoIt’s probably bypassable too. And, anytime the microphone is used, you have no idea the multiple extents that data is being used for.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
poopkins@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Apps can use the microphone in secret and there’s no way to know when they’re using the microphone? This is a major security flaw in Android!
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Are you kidding? You do know that basically anything is hackable, right? And that’s why old people put tape and stuff over their cameras if they don’t just outright unplug them, right? It seems silly, but like… They’ve always been right, with their insane passwords and avoiding using their real names and stuff.