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This mic-monitoring gadget prevents social apps from secretly recording your conversations. (Photo : Glen Carrie / Unsplash) Researchers from Singapore's National University and the Republic of Korea's Yonsei University have created a gadget that can detect whether your laptop or any social media app is using a microphone to record your conversations covertly.