Yeah, googling found a similar article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3401382/Is-phone-spying-App-taps-handset-s-microphone-listen-Netflix-vie

Yeah, googling found a similar article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3401382/Is-phone-spying-App-taps-handset-s-microphone-listen-Netflix-viewing-habits.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3401382/Is-ph... Seriously, I have to root my phone to get all kinda of basic sane functionality, but running the mic 24/7 is okay?