"They found that all of the apps they tested occasionally gather raw audio data while mute is activated, with one popular app gathering information and deliveri

"They found that all of the apps they tested occasionally gather raw audio data while mute is activated, with one popular app gathering information and delivering data to its server at the same rate regardless of whether the microphone is muted or not." Sure would be nice if they named and shamed, with an opportunity for the company to comment as well. I can imagine adaptive video rates eating up the freed bandwidth, but I would not bet on it. I would bet the audio was indeed being sent even on mute. Pretty unforgivable