Ive downloaded 2 apps called privacy indicator.
They show icons on screen to show you when your camera or mic is being activated.
So on one app my camera has activated:
- on the instagram account switching menu (this one happens once per reboot of my phone, and its always when ive opened my account list, and my accounts are shown. Although with a random delay)
- when i called someone
- 1 time when i opened my phone as i was yelling strangely
The other app:
- the instagram thing in about the same way.
- while typing my lock screen pin, the camera turned on for 1 sec every 4 seconds.
Note that ive disabled permissions for my camera on all apps and it still happens.
What could this mean?
Are the privacy indicator apps bogus?
is my phone compromised?
How do i solve this?
They show icons on screen to show you when your camera or mic is being activated.
So on one app my camera has activated:
- on the instagram account switching menu (this one happens once per reboot of my phone, and its always when ive opened my account list, and my accounts are shown. Although with a random delay)
- when i called someone
- 1 time when i opened my phone as i was yelling strangely
The other app:
- the instagram thing in about the same way.
- while typing my lock screen pin, the camera turned on for 1 sec every 4 seconds.
Note that ive disabled permissions for my camera on all apps and it still happens.
What could this mean?
Are the privacy indicator apps bogus?
is my phone compromised?
How do i solve this?
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