Well no. I purposely avoided getting into that territory, even though I have strong feelings probably similar to yours.<p>Even with the take-it-or-leave-it faux-contract of adhesion permission model, there should be a visual indication when an app is using the microphone. Background microphone (not as a result of a directly preceding user intent) should be a separate additional permission, and probably shouldn&#x27;t be exempted from having a visual notification with an easy way to mute the passive listening.