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What in the world does a picture app need to use my mic for?

• pedalpete 16y ago
  Not sure why you would have been down-voted for that question. In theory, If you've got multiple people taking photos at the same place with a short period of time, you can get sound media as well. Though some may suspect they are trying to put together conversations, I doubt that is the case (but maybe if you want to go for a conspiracy theory). -------------update apparently they are capturing your conversations -------------------- from their homepage "capture photos, videos, and conversations into a group album".
• jacoblyles 16y ago
  There have been some research projects which can use snapshots of the lighting and sound around you to tell which building you are located in with 90% accuracy. I.E. they can tell you are in the Starbucks and not the hardware store next door. See "SurroundSense: Mobile Phone Localization via Ambience Fingerprinting" in the proceedings of Mobicom 2009.