WhatsApp said users have full control over the mic settings. — AFP
WhatsApp said a bug on Android is falsely displaying information on a Pixel user’s privacy dashboard to indicate that the app is running the microphone in the background.
“We believe this is a bug on Android that mis-attributes information in their Privacy Dashboard and have asked Google to investigate and remediate,” the company said in a May 10 tweet.
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