Trivia Star a trivia game app has a red light appears on top right.

What causes these red lights to appear on my iPhone 12 mini! Question is am I being watched? If yes by who and how to stop this?

The app Trivia Star has leagues but I have always opted out of group participation at any level. I find it to

be a huge invasion of privacy and a huge risk for hacks!

I don’t understand the red light! Pls explain and instr. how to turn off! If the app is doing this I need tk cancel the app.

iPhone 12

Posted on Jan 7, 2022 10:17 PM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2022 7:06 AM

Hello ednabud,


Thanks for reaching out through the Apple Support Communities about those lights appearing on your iPhone 12 mini.


If you are seeing an orange light near the top of your screen, that may indicate that an app is utilizing your microphone. This article has more details, for reference: About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar


If needed, you can use the steps from this article to adjust what apps can access your microphone: Control access to information in apps on iPhone


Hopefully those resources address your inquiry.


Take care.

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Jan 9, 2022 7:06 AM in response to ednabud

Hello ednabud,


Thanks for reaching out through the Apple Support Communities about those lights appearing on your iPhone 12 mini.


If you are seeing an orange light near the top of your screen, that may indicate that an app is utilizing your microphone. This article has more details, for reference: About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar


If needed, you can use the steps from this article to adjust what apps can access your microphone: Control access to information in apps on iPhone


Hopefully those resources address your inquiry.


Take care.

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