lebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoHundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphoneswww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down185
arrow-up1506arrow-down1external-linkHundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphoneswww.the-independent.comlebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·11 days agoAndroid also shows an indicator when any app is accessing the microphone or camera now.
minus-square0x0@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 days agohttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21083 There are probably other exploits around that as well
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days 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.