If there is one perfect app for chatting, it’s WhatsApp. And that results in people being interested in spying on what we write. voluntarily, through apps, and even using alleged bugs in the app itself and even the operating system. if any If you suspect that WhatsApp is accessing your microphone or camera without you knowing, here are two tricks to check it..

Look for the orange or green dot

The first tip will help you discover if WhatsApp (or any other app) is accessing the microphone or camera at a particular time that you did not request. Every time you use your Android phone’s microphoneAn orange dot appears on the top right of the screen and when you activate the camera, the dot turns green.

So when you make a WhatsApp sound for example, you should see the green dot. If you make a video call (this task requires both camera and microphone), the dot will turn green. If you’re not making audio, photos, or video, but you see these spots, be suspicious..

Visit the app’s camera or microphone access history

The previous trick is used to know real-time accesses to the camera or microphone, but not what we want to know. How many times and when have you used these items in the last few hours?.

To find out, go to:Settings‘ > ‘security and privacy‘ > ‘Privacy‘ > ‘See all permissions‘. Once inside, go to the ‘Applications’ tab and find WhatsApp.

Now take a look at all the moments when WhatsApp is using the microphone or the camera and wonder if it’s you. In the latter case, consider the option withdraw your access (on the Privacy page, in the Permission Manager), let me know what happened and even uninstall the app.

And this Spying on WhatsApp is not only unethical but also illegalpunishable by imprisonment and economic sanctions under Article 197.1 of the Penal Code. As for the app itself, The company explains that “users have full control over microphone settings. WhatsApp only accesses the microphone when a user is making a call or recording a voice note or video, and even then these communications are protected by end-to-end encryption so WhatsApp cannot listen to them.“

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