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Kill Access to the Microphone and Camera

Easily cut off access to the microphone or camera in the Settings panel, or drag over the available quick tiles into your notification shade.
Easily cut off access to the microphone or camera in the Settings panel, or drag over the available quick tiles into your notification shade. Screenshot: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

Don’t want an app having access to your Android device’s camera or microphone? In the Android 12 beta, there is now a kill switch for both in the Permissions settings panel. They’re also available as a quick tile in the notification shade.

Note that some features won’t work within the apps that rely on those elements, but Android 12 can better handle those requests, so you can still use other components within that app.

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