Microphone Privacy Controls
The cluster focuses on concerns about unauthorized microphone access and eavesdropping, with discussions advocating hardware switches, physical mutes, app permission checks, and indicators to securely disable mics over software toggles.
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Get a microphone with a physical mute button, or see if you can configure “push to talk”.
Hardware switch in line with the microphone. Can’t be turned on behind my back.
Can't you just block the mic somehow?
Even with the microphone switch turned off?
They are listening via mic. Check permissions for your apps and disable mic.
This might prevent Apple from eavesdropping on your microphone.
It's about muting mic, not speakers
You can get that functionality with Microsnitch. It works for the microphone too.
this is why we need hardware switches for microphones
Couldn’t it just shut off input from the mic while speaking?