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Is there a true app that, preferably open source, that can disable the all microphones, confidently, for all apps, without having to physically disable my micro
by elvicherrera 6y ago
Is there a true app that, preferably open source, that can disable the all microphones, confidently, for all apps, without having to physically disable my microphone as Edward Snowden suggested?
- teddyh 6y agoIf one app can turn the microphone off, can another app turn it back on?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoDepends on the permissions model of the OS, and if you trust the OS. Hence why Edward Snowden and Bunnie Huang developed the Introspection Engine [1]. It’s reasonable to assume that if you can’t audit and review the code of the app and the OS, you can trust neither and need safeguards at lower levels of the stack. [1] https://www.tjoe.org/pub/direct-radio-introspection/release/2 https://www.tjoe.org/pub/direct-radio-introspection/release/...
- monadic2 6y agoYou forgot the firmware of the headphones!
- toomuchtodo 6y agoCorded headphones! :) at least until open firmware exists.
- treve 6y agoEver tried to connect a corded headphone into a microphone jack? It works quite well
- wizzwizz4 6y agoIs there some kind of diode for AC signals?
- formerly_proven 6y agoYes, they're called amplifiers. Directional coupling circuits would apply in theory, but not in practice; they're good enough to do full-duplex audio over two wires, but not nearly good enough to deal with the sensitivity of analog inputs if you want to prevent a signal from being read.
- monadic2 6y agoHow can you trust the hardware is not recording? I’ve never felt better about connecting “dumb” headphones.