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Privacy Indicators

Nitish Gadangi

Get notified every time an app or a service uses camera or microphone

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About Privacy Indicators

Privacy Indicator will bring the above Recording Indicators feature of iOS 14 to Android (With more extra features and Customizations). It notifies you every time an app or a service uses your device’s camera or microphone.

Get Notified every time any third-party app is accessing your Camera.

Get Notified every time any app is accessing your Microphone.

You can customize indicator color and its position

Option to enable Haptic feedback when indicators appear

You can turn off any individual features in required

More to come. Note that for ''Privacy Indicator'' to work, you will need to enable its service from the Accessibility Settings. The Service then keeps running in the background and automatically starts even if you restart the mobile.

How to install Privacy Indicators

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Privacy Indicators from your app drawer.

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