Google said privacy indicators about WhatsApp s microphone spying were false, adding that updates to the latest version of WhatsApp have addressed the bug notices
WhatsApp has come under fire for privacy issues after a user found the Meta-owned app activated his microphone while he was asleep. Similar reports have been around for years.
22 February 2021, 7:09 pm EST By
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Researchers are now doubling up on information and public knowledge to let people understand how much Apple s iOS and other applications gather or collect User Data on one s iPhone or iPad. The study revealed that these apps have been collecting a ton of data from iOS users which are stored on different servers and accessed by its servers.
Trying or downloading a new application would ask users several questions that ask for Application Permissions on accessing several information, data, or other apps in a user s smartphone. This process is mandatory for newly downloaded and installed apps that would disclose the data and information that it would take to make the application work better.