FarLine99 to [email protected]English • edit-21 year agoDo Google services have access to the camera/microphone if you don't give this permissions?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageDo Google services have access to the camera/microphone if you don't give this permissions?upload.wikimedia.orgFarLine99 to [email protected]English • edit-21 year agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•1 year agoWasn’t there news a couple years ago that google tracked your location even if you had location turned off?
minus-squareFarLine99OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYou can’t disable location permission for google services, so that’s obvious. But microphone/camera permissions can be disabled, that’s why I’m wondering.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-21 year agoYou can even turn off sensors in Androids developer options, but your dialer app for example will still be able to use your microphone As long as the hardware isn’t physically disconnected, you kinda have to assume it can be used and abused.
Wasn’t there news a couple years ago that google tracked your location even if you had location turned off?
You can’t disable location permission for google services, so that’s obvious. But microphone/camera permissions can be disabled, that’s why I’m wondering.
You can even turn off sensors in Androids developer options, but your dialer app for example will still be able to use your microphone
As long as the hardware isn’t physically disconnected, you kinda have to assume it can be used and abused.