Red blinking light near front camera

When I turn on my iPhone 13 ios17,

using another device camera, I noticed 2. red dots blinking alongside ear speaker seems the camera is spying on me constantly.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 19, 2024 7:57 AM

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Posted on Mar 19, 2024 8:38 AM

If you are looking at it from another camera, what you are seeing are the infrared sensors detecting Attention Aware Features from the front facing Face ID camera. If you look at the device without using another device, just your eyes, you probably will not see that. It is not the camera spying on your constantly. If the camera is "watching" you, you would see a green dot in the front. You will also see an orange dot if the microphone is live.

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Mar 19, 2024 8:38 AM in response to saran8803

If you are looking at it from another camera, what you are seeing are the infrared sensors detecting Attention Aware Features from the front facing Face ID camera. If you look at the device without using another device, just your eyes, you probably will not see that. It is not the camera spying on your constantly. If the camera is "watching" you, you would see a green dot in the front. You will also see an orange dot if the microphone is live.

Mar 19, 2024 9:38 AM in response to saran8803

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