WhatsApp Caught Using Microphone During the Night

Re:WhatsApp Caught Using Microphone During the Night by FinnKuhn on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:16AM (#35945158)

WhatsApp's official statement regarding this can be found here: https://twitter.com/WhatsApp/status/1655989766431862785

"We believe this is a bug on Android that mis-attributes information in their Privacy Dashboard and have asked Google to investigate and remediate."

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Re:WhatsApp Caught Using Microphone During the Night by white_dragon88 on Monday May 15, 2023 @08:01AM (#35946845)

Google on point as usual.

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Re:WhatsApp Caught Using Microphone During the Night by netsharc on Monday May 15, 2023 @08:12AM (#35946971)

I wonder if an app can spoof the ID they use and pretend to be WhatsApp.

I guess the Twitterer can test by disabling mic permissions for WhatsApp and check later if it's still "using" the microphone.

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Re:WhatsApp Caught Using Microphone During the Night by rany_ on Monday May 15, 2023 @07:14PM (#35955809)

At any rate, doesn't this still mean that some application is using their microphone in this suspicious manner?

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