When using a smartphone, surely you have observed that, depending on whether you have a mobile Android or a iPhonethere is a green or orange point that occasionally appears at the top of the screen.
This point does not appear by chance and cannot be deactivated, but it has a Specific function related to privacy. Therefore, we are going to explain what function exactly.
What does the green or orange point that appears in mobiles mean?
How do we say, this point has to do with privacy and both in the mobiles of Android as in iOS It is located just next to the front camera. Well, the function you have is to indicate that an application Access the camera or microphone in real time. This cannot be deactivated, since the idea is that the user knows at all times if any app is using the camera, the microphone or both.
According to Appleon an iPhone We will see an orange point If an application is using only the microphone and It will be green If you use both (camera and microphone). For its part, from Samsung They report that on Android we will see a Green point (never orange) at the time an app is using the camera and microphone.
If you want to know What applications have access To the camera and microphone from your Android or iPhone mobile, you just have to Slide the notification bar and click on the green or orange point. There you can see in the form of the list all the apps that have access and grant or remove permissions that you consider appropriate.
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