&gt; <i>Here&#x27;s a very recent example of this system at work: Chromium sneaks a binary blob which secretly listens to your microphone and sends data to Google: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lwn.net&#x2F;Articles&#x2F;648392&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lwn.net&#x2F;Articles&#x2F;648392&#x2F;</a> </i><p>Downloading a binary blob in the first place was the real issue. However, the voice recognition module wasn&#x27;t actually used unless you opted into the &quot;Ok Google&quot; hotword feature.<p>Getting back on topic, Android handles similar problems in a different way, via the permission system (esp. the improvements in Android 6.0+).