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carlosdp
on Feb 17, 2020
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Share your screen on Zoom with ultrasound
Maybe, but there's no reason for it to send any audio anywhere while it's parsing ultrasound, so not a privacy problem.
Gonzih
on Feb 18, 2020
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Until software is compromised or simply has a bug that stream audio somewhere.
RL_Quine
on Feb 18, 2020
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In which case it could have just turned on the microphone itself?
Gonzih
on Feb 18, 2020
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Software that already is listening has more vectors of attack to put it simply. I'm not a fan of features that compromise privacy and security for the sake of convenience.
RL_Quine
on Feb 18, 2020
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That's really nonsensical. Nothing about using an audio input makes code more vulnerable. The interface is always there if the hardware is.
tinus_hn
on Feb 18, 2020
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If software that continuously listens to the microphone is normal this makes it harder to keep track of apps that should not do that.
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