No (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-09-08 15:57 (#1T2R5) Because I actually take video and use video chatting apps and I have yet to find a cover that's convenient and will work with my choice of phone case. (It was a gift, I love it. I'm not changing cases if the new one doesn't offer a significant advantage.)Besides, the microphone scares me more. No one's going to blink if some idiot hacks photos of me staring at my phone in the bathroom. If they hear me say the wrong thing, though, I could lose my job.So far the only real security I've seen was an idea pitched for a phone case which alerted the user if the phone became untrustworthy and started sending signals without permission. AFAIK that idea has not yet become reality.Anybody got a pitch for something that blocks the phone's mic AND camera? Re: No (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-09-10 00:20 (#1T805) I think you're after a Faraday bag. I can't imagine an external device that would be able to work out the difference between desired and undesired signals from your phone. Re: No (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2017-09-13 23:44 (#322T2) That would certainly block incoming data to the phone at that moment, but what's to stop software on the phone logging undesired information locally for later upload next time you do use it? OK you could monitor the memory and card free space but some data could still be stored in an existing fixed length file.
Re: No (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-09-10 00:20 (#1T805) I think you're after a Faraday bag. I can't imagine an external device that would be able to work out the difference between desired and undesired signals from your phone. Re: No (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2017-09-13 23:44 (#322T2) That would certainly block incoming data to the phone at that moment, but what's to stop software on the phone logging undesired information locally for later upload next time you do use it? OK you could monitor the memory and card free space but some data could still be stored in an existing fixed length file.
Re: No (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2017-09-13 23:44 (#322T2) That would certainly block incoming data to the phone at that moment, but what's to stop software on the phone logging undesired information locally for later upload next time you do use it? OK you could monitor the memory and card free space but some data could still be stored in an existing fixed length file.