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I wonder if Bard can plain watch you. Like you consent to have Bard use your webcam the entirety of the time its open and even if you detoggle or choose to disable and de-permission it explicitly. What a time to be ~~watched and tracked perpetually~~ alive ๐งโโ๏ธ
On that note, can phones bring proper borders back? Damn hole-punch cameras make it unnecessearly hard to cover them up
Bezel = Life
android now lets you disable the camera on an OS level. Not quite as good as hardware, but close.
Is this new with Android 14?
No it's been around for a couple of years
Do you mean the sensors toogle that you can enable from the developer options?
Or is there actually a separate feature for this?
No a seperate feature. It should be in your quick toggles but may depend on your oem
Oooh, I see what you mean, just found it. Would be cool if it allowed for more granular control though, so it would prompt to enable access just for the app you want to use, and not globally
Like camera permissions? We've had those for over a decade
Well damn, I bring honour to my username.
I think Google and other companies would like that. Particularly to watch your eyes and see what draws your attention on the page. For the ads, obviously. Because we live in the worst timeline.
A boring panopticon
Talk dirty to me, Big Brother
This is why webcams have a little light next to them to indicate that they are active. If it's on when it's not supposed to you know you've got a problem to fix.
I still cover 'em. Just need one for iPhone ๐ค