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Just checked how many apps on my phone have microphone access - 23, and I never gave most of them permission
I found this buried in my settings after a friend mentioned it, and now I'm wondering how many of those 23 apps are actually recording me right now without me knowing, has anyone else looked at their own list and found random apps on there too?
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blair_nguyen1mo ago
Scrolled through mine last week after seeing a similar post. Found 18 apps with mic access and I only remembered giving it to two of them. One was a note taking app I haven't opened in three years. Immediately went through and turned off every single one I didn't absolutely need. Scary how they just grab that permission during updates without asking again. It's worth checking once a month now because apps keep sneaking stuff back in.
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fiona_kim1mo ago
Exactly. It's not just phones either. Every day we hand over pieces of ourselves without thinking twice - loyalty cards at the grocery store, signing up for free wifi at a coffee shop, even checking in at a hotel. Nobody reads those long terms of service updates either, we just click agree. That's how they get away with it. My wife works at a doctor's office and she's always telling me about the patient forms that ask for way more personal history than the visit actually needs.
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