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>an update to Skype, which began to regularly access the camera from its background services That's not suspicious at all, is it?</s>
by blueskin_ 13y ago
>an update to Skype, which began to regularly access the camera from its background services
That's not suspicious at all, is it?</s>
- egeozcan 13y agoAfter reading that is when I really considered uninstalling Skype. Creepy indeed. Is there any mod which remedies the issue with something like a "fake camera access"?
- unvs 13y agoXPrivacy is your friend! It needs root, though.
- fakenBisEsRult 13y agoThank you! Didn't know this app yet.
- StavrosK 13y agoI installed it just yesterday (it was very easy). It really is great, it can even notify you for permissions as the app tries to access them (and you can allow or deny), and you can even vote on permissions and download the crowdsourced ones (with the paid version).
- jms 13y ago... causing my phone to refuse to let me use the camera! I was getting helpful error messages something like: "Camera Error: Camera Error". After much searching, I found the solution... Uninstall Skype!