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Privacy Indicators is indicated exclusively on older Android smartphones but with at least Android 7
Let's get back to talking about a topic of great interest. We saw this when we presented the application Vigilant which we know was greatly appreciated. So let's talk about applications that help us understand when some other application intends to use the microphone or camera of our mobile phone. Privacy Indicators, just like Vigilante, helps us in this endeavor!
As you probably already know, Android, after Apple, has introduced small colored dots that warn us when an application is using the camera or microphone. This feature has been present since Android 12 1 therefore with Privacy Indicators we are targeting exclusively people who use an Android smartphone with an operating system older than 12.
The application is very similar to the one already mentioned Vigilant , however, it seems like an excellent alternative to take into consideration given that it is very pleasant graphically and very simple to use.
Privacy Indicators, control who wants to use your microphone and camera
After giving the right permissions to Privacy Indicators to work, you can enable it. By default the application will recognize access to the camera and microphone giving them the classic colors also present on iOS 14, i.e. a green dot to identify access to the camera and orange for the microphone.
You can also enable the dots separately to find out which application uses your location. To do this you will also need to give location permissions to Privacy Indicators.
You can also read logs of everything that happened.
So in our opinion this is a fundamental application for all people who have an Android version lower than 12. However, even those who have a new version of Android can find some features of Privacy Indicators interesting and can be used together with the system pre-installed on Android.
The application has not been updated for some time but it still seems to work well on older smartphones and probably does not require continuous updates to work and since it does not even have internet access it should not cause security problems.
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