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Murena 2 is a de-Googled Android phone with a privacy kill switch that disconnects mic and camera(liliputing.com)

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Darken@reddthat.com
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For anyone wondering how to get the same feature on your device (not only mic-camera)

  • Go to developer settings (after )
  • Quick settings developer tiles
  • (enable) sensors off
  • Open your quick settings
  • (for Samsung) you will find the tile in the 1st row 1st position
  • (for aosp) you may need to add the sensors tile
  • now turn this tile on
  • now your camera, mic, gyroscope, etc… are off and apps will think that there’s an error with the camera or some privacy policy rule being applied

⚪ Note: this does not turn off GPS, Bluetooth, wifi, or mobile networks

EDIT: forgot to mention (as comments said)

🔴 Warning: core system services can override this setting…

a phone call will have the mic working while app calls (Whatsapp…etc) will be muted

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miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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Core system services will still override that setting, just something to keep in mind

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random65837@lemmy.world
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Not on a degoogled phone they dont.

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Madlaine@feddit.de
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To further expand at least for samsung:

  • the mic will be re-enabled for regular phone calls
  • the mic won’t be re-enabled for other calls, e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram, Whatsoever
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