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Woke up early (5am) a couple of days ago, went to pick up my ipad and saw an orange dot at the top of the screen which disappeared as soon as I picked the device up. Looked up what it is. Blow me down its part of the latest iOS update, an orange dot lets you know an app is accessing your microphone. A green dot means an app is accessing your camera and microphone. 

How creepy is that, an app is accessing my phones microphone while Im asleep, or would normally be and stopped accessing it when I picked up the device?!!

Im told as soon as you accept location services you accept google accessing your microphone and camera. Any which way I dont like it!

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14 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I just checked and I'm on 14.4 on my phone but I've never seen the orange dot on mine.  Can you tell which App is accessing your mic ?

My iPad and phone are running 15.2

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1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

I just checked and I'm on 14.4 on my phone but I've never seen the orange dot on mine.  Can you tell which App is accessing your mic ?

Im running whatever number the most recent update is and no annoyingly I cant find out what app it is.

My rubbish Friday afternoon phone went back to the apple store today, they wiped all the content n said if connectivity issues persist then its new phone time so if I have to go back I’ll ask them about it 👍

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1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Im running whatever number the most recent update is and no annoyingly I cant find out what app it is.

My rubbish Friday afternoon phone went back to the apple store today, they wiped all the content n said if connectivity issues persist then its new phone time so if I have to go back I’ll ask them about it 👍

Just had a play on my iPhone 11 with the latest update and as far as I can make out the green only comes on when an app is open. If everything is shut down the only light is a yellow one on the camera app symbol.

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4 minutes ago, Specs said:

Just had a play on my iPhone 11 with the latest update and as far as I can make out the green only comes on when an app is open. If everything is shut down the only light is a yellow one on the camera app symbol.

Maybe but Im a conscientious shutter of apps, tis bad for the battery leavin all that shite open doncha know. I suppose if you initially select allow access “only while accessing app” that must be true?

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1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Maybe but Im a conscientious shutter of apps, tis bad for the battery leavin all that shite open doncha know. I suppose if you initially select allow access “only while accessing app” that must be true?

Seems reasonable. Noticed the green light when I opened Messenger. Nothing on WhatsApp.

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