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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by nickpsecurity on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:05PM (#11842515)
Brilliant. Never even occurred to me. People often use headsets, wired or wireless, for the mic. Can just not enable audio unless one is plugged in. That's so easy to verify. Thanks for stating the obvious to my overly-complex mind. :)
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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by dredmorbius on Sunday June 05, 2016 @10:38PM (#11844314)
:)

I've always found built-in/integrated cameras/mics to represent tremendous negative value.

1. I cannot unambiguously disable them.

2. I cannot upgrade / swap them readily for something better.

Aftermarket/detachable just seems such an obvious alternative.

And yeah, a simpler solution to a hard problem ;-)

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