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  Muting your mic reportedly doesn’t stop big tech from recording your audio

  TNW - Tristan Greene

  Anytime you use a video teleconferencing app, you’re sending your audio data to the company hosting the services. And, according to a new study, that means all of your audio data. This includes voice and background noise whether you’re broadcasting or muted. Researchers at the University of …

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  Some Video Calling Apps Can Access Audio Even When Muted: Report

  androidheadlines.com - Chethan Rao

  The issue of privacy almost always comes up when we discuss video calling apps. A new report sheds light on how some communication apps can continue …

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  Wait, you heard that? Your mic might not really be muted during video calls, according to study

  local10.com - Keith Dunlap

  Surely when you mute yourself on a video conference call, nothing bad can happen and you can just say anything you want without anybody hearing, …

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  Videoconferencing apps have access to user data while muted

  badgerherald.com - Caroline Crowley

  Videoconferencing apps have risen in popularity throughout the pandemic to become a part of most people’s daily lives, but a new study from the …

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  You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when mic is off (wisc.edu)

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  Are you muted? Not exactly, finds UW-Madison privacy researcher

  spectrumnews1.com - Savanna Tomei

  MADISON, Wis. — An investigation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found when using video chat platforms, your microphone is still …