With the arrival of iOS 14 to the iPhone, users are discovering the new functions that have been incorporated into the operating system, and among them there is one that is puzzling more than one. What is the orange dot that appears next to the mobile coverage icon? Why is it green at other times?
Do not watch you
In an effort to keep user privacy completely intact, Apple has added a curious function that will allow users to know at all times if an application is using the microphone or the front camera without the user knowing. For this, it has placed two colored dots that will quickly draw your attention as soon as one of these two requirements is met.
If, for example, you are in an application and you decide to take a selfie from it to use the resulting image, the moment you go to take the photo and the camera is activated, a green dot will appear to know that the front camera is in use . This is obvious since you are seeing a preview of the image on the screen, but what if the application continues to collect information when you close it?
That is where the color led makes sense, since we would know at all times that the camera is still active. It is a notification led that imitates the green led that we can find on Macbooks next to the webcam. But in addition to the camera, we could also know if another of the elements that most affect the privacy of users is being used, and it is none other than the microphone.
In that case, the point will appear orange, so if you see it, you could instantly know that there is a resident application that continues to listen to your talks privately.
What application is the camera using?
If the color led has appeared and you want to know exactly which application is using the camera or microphone, you just have to lower the control center to see clearly which application is using the camera or microphone as it is. as the color point alerted you.
How can I remove access to the microphone and camera?
If these visual notifications have allowed you to discover that there is an application watching you at all times, you have two options to prevent it from happening again. On the one hand, you can uninstall it completely and make it disappear forever, or on the other hand you can access the system settings and modify the permissions that the application has in order to revoke access to the camera or microphone.
This is the exact route that you must follow to do it:
- Settings> App name> Camera / Microphone