Comment by userbinator

This reads like fearmongering paranoia-propaganda for driving people towards the authoritarian centralised walled gardens...

The problem is once you give an app perission then you never know when it's turning on the mic or the camera.

The microphone and camera are unplugged when not in use.

"secure"? No thanks, I'd rather sacrifice some security and keep my freedom. We're already losing the war against general-purpose computing.