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The 404media article that this AppleInsider article cites doesn't actually say Apple users are safer. All the article said was: "For its part, Apple does alert iPhone users when an app is accessing the device’s microphone with a small icon in the UI." Well, so does Android, which also has a microphone usage indicator that works very similar to Apple's implementation.
I'm not sure why this AppleInsider article makes it sound like Apple users are not potentially vulnerable to this and this only affects Android users based on that one line.
While a microphone access indicator can be useful, a better way of protecting oneself for both Android & iPhone users is to go through your permissions list and disable microphone access to apps that have no reason to have access to them. When possible, for apps that need microphone access, set it so that it's only accessible when the app is active (not in background). Is this perfect? No. Aside from buying a phone with a physical kill switch to the microphone, you're just trusting that there's no way for the mic to be active based on the permissions you've set.
The 404media article that this AppleInsider article cites doesn't actually say Apple users are safer. All the article said was: "For its part, Apple does alert iPhone users when an app is accessing the device’s microphone with a small icon in the UI." Well, so does Android, which also has a microphone usage indicator that works very similar to Apple's implementation.
I'm not sure why this AppleInsider article makes it sound like Apple users are not potentially vulnerable to this and this only affects Android users based on that one line.
While a microphone access indicator can be useful, a better way of protecting oneself for both Android & iPhone users is to go through your permissions list and disable microphone access to apps that have no reason to have access to them. When possible, for apps that need microphone access, set it so that it's only accessible when the app is active (not in background). Is this perfect? No. Aside from buying a phone with a physical kill switch to the microphone, you're just trusting that there's no way for the mic to be active based on the permissions you've set.