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The orange dot

I thought that the purpose of the color coded dots were to inform you if your privacy was being broken . But if the orange dot appears when ‘ I use my phone ‘ then it’s not helping me to know if someone else is using my microphone or camera.

Posted on May 17, 2022 7:44 PM

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Posted on May 17, 2022 8:02 PM

I thought that the purpose of the color coded dots were to inform you if your privacy was being broken


No, the purpose of the dots is to let you know at a glance whether the microphone or camera, or both, are being used by an app on your iPhone at the time.


About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar - Apple Support




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May 17, 2022 8:02 PM in response to latinadawn1977

I thought that the purpose of the color coded dots were to inform you if your privacy was being broken


No, the purpose of the dots is to let you know at a glance whether the microphone or camera, or both, are being used by an app on your iPhone at the time.


About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar - Apple Support




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