Today, security and privacy have become two of the basic pillars of every user. Fortunately, this task is not just for us, but for some Companies like Microsoft are starting to strengthen user assistance tools to have more information about their environment.

And Microsoft is testing new “Privacy Audit” feature. which would allow Windows 11 users to see which applications accessed some “sensitive” devices and hardwaresuch as a microphone or a camera so that we can not only know if an application is accessing when we are not using it, but even define when it is accessing.

Although it will not be the only use of this audit tool, as it seems it could offer Comprehensive control similar to Android and iOS. And it’s in addition to his short report, a picture recently shared on Twitter by David WestosVice President of Security for Windows 11 and Microsoft, shows us some more details, such as the inclusion of the tool in the System Settings Privacy and Security section.

On the other hand, thanks to this capture, we can see that this new feature will offer us some privacy details in addition to access to a microphone or camera. It also lets users see which apps they have or have accessed other sensitive features, such as screenshots, our messages, device location information, and more.

Finally, it should be mentioned for the moment it is not known when this new feature will be available in the public distribution of Windows 11. And this is because at the moment, the privacy audit is only available as a test in the Windows 11 Insider Preview environment on the Dev Channel.