Concerned about your personal privacy? So you can know if an app is using your phone’s microphone and camera

The apps they are great tools. They serve us for practically all the tasks that we need to perform on our cell phones. But we cannot fully trust them, and not only because of the risk of a possible malware but because they could spy on us through the camera and microphone.

On various occasions we have pointed out to you the importance of paying attention to the permissions that asks you for one apps when you download it, but even if you take this precaution, there is the risk that they record what you do.

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Fortunately the smartphones count on tools that help us to know when some apps is activating the camera or the microphone.

Detect apps that are spying on you on iPhone

It is logical that the apps Multimedia, such as those that improve your photos, need access to your camera, but there are others that would not have to be involved in said function and, nevertheless, ask for your permission. Be careful.

So much iOS What Android let you know what functions are needed by the Applications to work, if you notice something suspicious, it is best to choose another option.

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if you have a iphone you can check what apps have access to your microphone from the Settings menu. Enter the section of Privacy and then to Microphone. There you will see the Applications who have requested access and to whom you have given it. You can also deny or allow them to use the feature.

To find out which ones have permit to use the camerathe route is the same, only that in the section of Privacy Choose Camera. You will see the list of apps with that permission.

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It is worth your doing the review. However, one advantage of iphone is that, as of iOS 14, the mobile shows you a notification when the camera or the microphone are on, so it’s easier to tell if someone is watching you. spying.

How to know if an app activates the camera and microphone on Android

If you smartphone is Android, to know the permissions you granted to the apps you must go to the menu settings either Settingenter the section of Privacy and then to permission manager, where you can select both Microphone What Camera to check what Applications have access, you can leave or remove them.

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Of course, consider that if you revoke the permissions maybe the apps no longer works correctly. What you can do in that case is to choose “only when in use” which means that only when you are using the app you will be able to access the microphone and/or the camera.

From Android 12 You will automatically receive a notice notifying you if the camera or the microphone which will make it easier for you to maintain your privacy.

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In case you do not have this function, then you can resort to tools such as Access Dots a free app that will be in charge of showing you a color alert if it detects that any apps is using the microphone wave camera Of the device. Just keep in mind that it works all the time in the background, so it could affect battery performance.

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Source: Elcomercio

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