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[–] one_dim_tim 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

Misleading title. No evidence from the university study suggests microphone/camera video, the study is about screenshots. Also, the link is straight regurgitation of the Gizmodo story.

“We didn’t see any evidence that people’s conversations are being recorded secretly,” said David Choffnes, one of the authors of the paper. “What people don’t seem to understand is that there’s a lot of other tracking in daily life that doesn’t involve your phone’s camera or microphone that give a third party just as comprehensive a view of you.”

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[–] ThisIsntMe123 ago 

This is for APPS. Not saying Google doesn't or can't, but this is if you install 3rd party apps. They said no proof of Google doing it. They're also napping permissions in the background. Further, can't you stop access on newer versions of Android?