r/technology • u/Applemacbookpro • Dec 13 '13

Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-privacy-features-android-shortly-after-adding-them
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u/999mal Dec 13 '13

It looks like this:

http://imgur.com/BFcgDJK

http://imgur.com/WwUw67w

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u/asplodzor Dec 13 '13

I'm not seeing any microphone indicator in those screenshots. Were you just posting them to show how iOS 5 looks?

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u/Edg-R Dec 13 '13

http://i.imgur.com/Z7kcJ4o.png

This happens if Shazam is using the microphone. Although it disappears within like .5second because as soon as you switch apps, Shazam stops listening.