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đź”´ May 11's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 364

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What's App's Privacy Dashboard Misattributes Information

what's app mic behavior earlier this month the indian tech site punico web reported what's app users on android saw microphone permissions trigger on devices even when the app wasn't being used. This did not appear model specific appearing on both samsung and pixel devices twitter engineer fowad debiri raised more alarm bells on the issue subsequently showing similar findings from the android privacy dashboard. The company said it believes the issue is with android's privacy dashboard misattributing information and said it's asked google to further investigate.

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