Ignoring which side is right: A critical part of HCI is "never surprise the user." A feature like this shouldn't come as a surprise in an update. When deployed

Ignoring which side is right: A critical part of HCI is "never surprise the user." A feature like this shouldn't come as a surprise in an update. When deployed via the update, it should be optional and disabled by default. It should only be enabled by default after a major OS release, where UI changes are expected. (And, enabling a feature like this should be part of the typical beta/preview process that happens for all major OS releases.) That being said: I wonder if covert audio recording on Mac is a problem. IE, did Apple need to "do something" about people being targeted by malware that records their audio?