lebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphoneswww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1381cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1381external-linkHundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphoneswww.the-independent.comlebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square87fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·18 hours agoAndroid also shows an indicator when any app is accessing the microphone or camera now.
minus-square0x0@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agohttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21083 There are probably other exploits around that as well
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWhile these bugs happen, they are fixed very quickly, and wouldn’t be used by any marketing agency. Just keep your phone updated.
Android also shows an indicator when any app is accessing the microphone or camera now.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21083
There are probably other exploits around that as well
While these bugs happen, they are fixed very quickly, and wouldn’t be used by any marketing agency. Just keep your phone updated.