How to Know When Apps Access your Microphone and Camera on Android
How do you know if installed apps are secretly accessing your android microphone and camera to spy on you or collect important information about you?
Privacy is quite important but there are certain malicious apps we install that come with spyware that accesses our microphone and camera randomly without our notice.
Unfortunately, there’s no valid method of detecting when any of these Spywares are at work for android devices, unlike iOS and iPad devices that have indicators when these apps are accessed.
Now, the good news is that; we’ll be introducing you to an app that will notify you with an indicator dot whenever your camera or microphone is been used and will also help you keep a log of all activities, although, android shows when apps are accessing your location, it lacks these indicators.
The app we’ll be using to bring this functionality over to Android is called “Access Dots.” It mimics the coloured dots that are present on the iPhone and iPad. The app is easy to set up and gives you more information about what apps are doing in the background.
HOW TO SEE WHEN APPS ACCESS YOUR CAMERA AND MICROPHONE ON ANDROID
- Firstly, download Access Dots — iOS 14 cam/mic access indicators from this link and launch it
- You’ll see a toggle to activate Access Dots, turn it on
- Next, you’ll be directed to the Accessibility settings menu on your android so you can enable it to run as an Accessibility Service.
- Now, tick “Use Access Dots” to proceed,
- A pop up will surface asking to verify the permission grant to “Access Dots”, click on “Allow”
That’s all.
Know more about customizing Access dots app from the source link.
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